Oh CLKD I bet they are lovely! I'm not religious either, more spiritual than religious but I do feel different at Christmas, it gets to me.
Sarah T that sounds lovely re your tree, I would love to have one with that history We don't have a family one like that, ours from my childhood had about 200 different bits that you had to put together and it ended up being binned by my parents at some point before my dad died. We get a new real one each year now, have tried to grow pot ones after Christmas but it never works and I'm always disappointed. I do have a lovely collection of tree decorations though, some from childhood and others wevd collected over the years from holidays etc. I can remember where each and every one came from, so hoping to pass this on to my children when they're older.