On my eighth Fun Monday, I make a monkey out of myself

this week's fun monday is hosted by katyabug, who wants us to show her our favorite tree ornament.

we put our tree up on dec. 1, and on dec. 2, it fell over, smashing about six ornaments, including my beloved fat red glass tomato. ( i found one on the interweb and ordered a replacement, so all's right with the world.)

the tomato came from my friend joey, who has a wonderful knack for giving me unusual and festive christmas ornaments. one year it was a giant glass pencil. it broke when that year's tree fell over (this is really not a common occurrence for us--it's only happened twice), and she replaced it the next christmas with a glass typewriter. she has also given me a multitude of angels, santas, and other more traditional ornaments.

but i think my favorite christmas ornament is one she gave me about seven or eight years ago. here it is:

i hope i didn't scare anyone.

i don't want to sound vain or anything, but i do think there's a resemblance. see for yourself:

you can have your santas and your angels. nothing gets me in the christmas spirit quite like a leering mutant monkey head.

UPDATE FOR LANE; HERE IS THE TYPEWRITER: