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By Ashlie Miller

When my husband and I were first married, it was very different from the advice given today before marriage: “ Have all your ducks in a row, finish college, establish a stable career, have no or little debt, and maybe one of you should already have a house. ” No, we barely had two nickels to rub together! But we had love and a covenant of faithfulness, and that was enough. But love and covenant don ’ t always leave room in the budget for extras, and our first few Christmases together were tight. Buying a tree to decorate for a few weeks was out of the question. Still, we managed a tabletop metal ornamental tree that we still have, with a few special ornaments we liked.

As I mentioned before, we gift a special ornament to each child arou

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