2024 Christmas Tree Ornaments

This trio of Christmas ornaments illustrations, one of my passion projects, were based on two songs I kept listening to over and over since the beginning of the month.

When I was younger, every November (yes, because that is the right time to put it up), I would go buy Christmas decorations with my dad and help my aunt and cousins decorate their Christmas tree. I remember that day as one of the most anticipated of the year. Now, as an adult, I look forward to the day I will be putting up my own family’s Christmas tree, a day that I hope will be filled with joy, hope, and lots of hot chocolate. Trying to rewind these cozy and happy feelings inside me just a few weeks after my dad’s passing, I felt the need to remind myself how joyful and beautiful life is. And just like a good designer, creating was my way of doing that.

These illustrations represent much more than I could ever put into words, but after personally experiencing how important my faith anchor was during this time in my life, I can say that happiness, redemption, and melancholy were the top three emotions on the list. Christmas has always made me celebrate life, and more than any other year, in 2024, celebrating the birth of Christ and showing the world how important this date is to us became one of the greatest joys of my life.