I loved reading all the Christmas stories/memories on the blog today, so I thought I'd share the story of the origin of one of my own family Christmas traditions....If any of you were at the house last year around Christmas, you may have noticed the star on our tree (it's hard to miss - made of aluminum foil...) It all started in 1965 - when my parents put up their first Christmas tree together in their tiny 3rd floor apt in Oak Park. After stringing all the lights and hanging all the ornaments, they realized they didn't have a star. They also didn't have much money. So, my dad took a piece of cardboard, cut out a star shape, covered it in foil, and taped a cardboard toilet-paper roll on the back so that it would fit nicely over the top of the tree....and a McKenna tree-topping tradtion was born. Over the years, as the old stars suffered torn or ripped foil, new cardboard/foil/toilet paper roll stars were made to replace the old ones and keep the tradition going. As my siblings and I got older, moved out, and decorated our own Christmas trees, we carried on the tradition of the foil star. Luckily, Tim has a strong appreciation for tradition and happily (albeit with a giggle and a shake of the head) lets me put my homemade foil star on top of our own Christmas tree....
-Alanna
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