Christmas 1962 or 1963
In 1962 or 1963, I don't remember which, Mom came up with something really wacky and special. She got some rebar (those rippled iron rods that builders use to reinforce concrete) and fashioned a bird cage sort of shape. She then hung colored lights around it, draped the whole thing with scratchy fiberglass angel hair and suspended our Christmas ornaments in each little square. This was then hung from the ceiling at the window! I made a rocket ship out of it after the thing was thrown into the back yard. My main regret is that I don't have a photograph of it because nobody believes me when I tell this story. (They clearly haven't examined this web site or they'd be convinced.)
But thanks to the magic of AI, I can give you an approximation of what this looked like. As I recall, touching that angel air was a splintery, scratchy hell.