280/365 Ornament exchange

For the last two years, my girlfriends and I have chosen to do an ornament exchange in lieu of buying seven individual gifts. For a group of young professionals, it really alleviates some holiday stress on both your creativity and wallet.

I always enjoy seeing the array of ornaments brought to the exchange. Since we all became friends through the Princess program, there are always at least one or two racing- or princess-themed ornaments in the pool, but the rest vary.

I like Christmas trees that have a variety of ornaments, as opposed to themed trees whose ornaments are coordinated, so it's fun to collect a new ornament each year.

Camera: Canon 40D with external E-TTL flash, 1/125s, f/5.6 at ISO 500.