I spent a lot of this summer cleaning out the extra rooms in our house. It was from one of those cleaning excursions that I got my inspiration for this year's Advent: a look at pop culture themed Christmas ornaments!
The first ornament of this Advent came from my very own collection. Actually, I think it was in my grandmama's possession at one point. But when she passed in 1992, it was one of several I inherited from her and added to my family tree.
What you see here is a 1982 E.T. satin ball ornament. For the longest time, I thought that this was a Hallmark ornament. But the producer is listed as Universal Studios. So my family could have gotten this at Brendle's or K-Mart or Sears for all I know...
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The shrink-wrapped sleeve was indicative of ornaments of the time period. However, other than the green and red coloring of the borders and the E.T. logo, this isn't a real festive ornament. The image of E.T. and that of he and Elliot's fingers symbolically touching aren't Christmas related at all. Look at this swatch of wrapping paper, you can see how pop culture franchises interacting with the spirit of Christmas is one of my favorite things. I just wish ornaments like these followed suit.
