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All sounds perfectly normal to me!
Wonderwoman- you say 'till you have a family of your own, well I hope you will continue it on with them too - thats tradition.
We had a lot of tatty decorations from yonks ago but the family were adamant that they could not be thrown out, esp. the very aged fairy who must be 40 but still loved in spite of what the song says.
Mops and Pops (our family seniors in their 90's) have had a Santa who is clockwork and goes round and plays Jingle Bells for centuries, but every year he comes out to grace the table centre.
Now Mops has gone this year and I can't imagine ............