Confessions of a Christmas Ornament
Hello. I’m Betina the Ballerina.
Yes, Chihuahuas can be ballerinas. Who told you otherwise?
Well, they’re wrong.
If a hippo can be a ballerina, a Chihuahua can be a ballerina.
I am a ballerina.
I’ve danced in Sleeping Beauty, Gisele, Cinderella and countless other productions.
As a Chihuahua ballerina, my small size and long tail let me bounce and twirl across stage, the lights twinkling overhead and shimmering across my tutu.
But….I do have a confession.
It’s been worrying me so.
It’s been haunting my thoughts….
Creeping in the corners of my dreams….
Skulking in the back of my mind…
(Tiny sigh.)
You see, Invisible Friends, for as long as I’ve been dancing, I’ve wanted to play the Sugarplum Fairy in the Nutcracker.
I’ve dreamed of twirling across the stage in an etheral white tutu, fluttering across the floor in all four of my toe shoes. My paws would fly across the stage, my tail wagging joyfully as I twirled and swirled.
As we have a performance of The Nutcracker every year at the Pond’s Christmas Tree Ball, I thought I had it for sure. I showed up to auditions confident I would have the part.
And then I saw the Snowflake Fairy.
And my heart sank to the pad of my pink paws.
She was good.
Really good.
She whipped across the stage like a flurry of snow, her toe shoes never making a sound as she piroutted and leaped across the stage. Every move she made was followed by a tinkling of bells, every motion more full of grace than the first.
You see, Invisible Friends, for the first time, I’m scared I won’t get the part.
Sure, I’ve been in the Nutcracker before–as Clara, one of the children, Mother Ginger…but I dream of being a Sugarplum Fairy.
I’m just a simple Chihuahua ballerina with sugarplums dancing in my head.
I suppose I’ll find out Tuesday at the Pond Christmas Tree Ball…
Wish me luck!
Stay tuned, Invisible Friends! We have a week full of holiday whimsy approaching!
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December 12th, 2009 at 5:07 am
This is so cute! I would love to see a chihuahua dance the sugarplum fairy!
December 12th, 2009 at 5:41 am
I believe in Fairies, and especially in chihuaha fairies>L She will be the sugar plum fairy and dance the part, she WILL! Please, pretty please! I love her. Whot a sweet ornament she is! Love you Duckie!
December 12th, 2009 at 6:33 am
That is so sweet! Please let her Christmas Wish come true!
Chihuahas can be fairies too, and I can just see her in a tiny tutu!
Hope everyone is well. I’ll be back again soon because I miss you all so much!
December 12th, 2009 at 6:56 am
I love Chihuaha ballerina! This is so cute!
December 12th, 2009 at 6:58 am
LOL! Good luck, little Bettina! You have my vote.
December 12th, 2009 at 7:28 am
Our tree decorations are all home made or old family ornaments..Pretty weird looking, unless you’re us!
December 12th, 2009 at 7:33 am
Awww, let the little doggy dance! Such a sweet story.
December 12th, 2009 at 8:09 am
Betina, we’re all rooting for you! And you are clearly a morally upright ornament… but I’m just sayin’ the Snowflake Fairy’s ankles look pretty weak.
December 12th, 2009 at 8:11 am
What a sweet little post.
December 12th, 2009 at 8:34 am
Oh my goodness what a cute little ballerina. So there is a Pond Christmas Tree Ball….are other furry friends invited? Did I miss the big announcement?
December 12th, 2009 at 11:06 am
I’ll bet your whole tree is a whimsical delight!
December 12th, 2009 at 11:12 am
Love ornaments!
December 12th, 2009 at 11:20 am
First time i’ve visited and I LOVE your blog. What a great writer you are. That’s why I blog, I love to write and it’s my only way to do it!
I will be back often!
December 12th, 2009 at 11:47 am
Just found you while blog stalking someone else! Hee hee! Love your blog!
December 12th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
I adore your blog! This is such a wonderful post to put you in the Christmas spirit
Happy SITS Saturday Sharefest!!
December 12th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
Love, love, LOVE the Chihuahua ornament. So cute!!!
December 12th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
OMG Duckie – that ornament is tooo cute! How fun! Are you ready for Christmas. I am starting to panic. Eeeek!
I’m having a linky party on Monday about homemade gifts and was wondering if you would link up one of your cookie or pie recipes? It can be an old post, so you don’t need to write anything new. But I would love people to come over and see your stories. I love your Christmas book!
XOXO
Jen
December 12th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
carissima……you really have got this incredible talent about writing………wonderful!
ciao elvira
have a beautiful sunday
December 12th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
That is darling! I do hope she gets to dance her dream role…
December 12th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
get. out. I almost picked up the chihuahua ornament for you! great minds think alike
xoox
kHm
December 12th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
Good luck Chihuahua ballerina!!! So cute
December 12th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
I simply adore the way you give inanimate objects a life all their own. Betina the Ballerina I heart you – come take up residence on my Christmas tree!!
December 12th, 2009 at 6:56 pm
Aww what a cute Christmas ornament! I hope she gets the part!
December 12th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
How adorable!
December 12th, 2009 at 8:19 pm
I am loving that sweet little chihuahua… Take a picture of your whole tree – I bet you have the cutest ornaments.
December 12th, 2009 at 8:34 pm
Goodness. You’ve got the most adorable and pretty ornamentS!
December 12th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
aw! good luck!!
December 13th, 2009 at 12:27 am
Bettina, you are a darling.
December 13th, 2009 at 4:11 am
Love your ornaments! I have some cherished favorites too…you gave me the idea to photograph them. Never thought of it! I broke two this year- one in the box and the other I knocked off the tree. (Tears here) Would have been willing to blame someone else, but I confess, it was moi!
Re your previous post: Nothing, absolutely nothing should ever come before cinnamon rolls! AND I can’t wait to hear Grayson’s wager!
December 13th, 2009 at 5:13 am
Adorable!!!
P.S. I just ordered “Twelve Tales of Christmas” for my grandgirlies!
December 13th, 2009 at 5:40 am
I bet your tree is covered with the most amazing ornaments…cant wait to see how this continues!
December 13th, 2009 at 8:32 am
Oh, I do hope you get the part. That’s one Nutcracker I’d love to see!
December 13th, 2009 at 8:34 am
aweee so precious the ballerina and the dog…very well done.
Dorothy from grammology
December 13th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
I think Betina might just be the cutest little ballerina I’ve ever seen!
December 13th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Oh good luck! I just know you’ll be fabulous!
December 13th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
Awww, I think Betina shoud be the Sugar Plum fairy if she wants. Where did you find Betina??
December 13th, 2009 at 8:12 pm
Does that mean I can be a ballerina too??? Ah ha ha
December 13th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
Good luck!! Cute little ornament!!!
December 13th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
Super cute!
December 14th, 2009 at 4:46 am
Absolutely! Anyone can be a ballerina-Hippos and Chihuahuas! In fact I think they’re the best ballerinas I’ve seen in a long time
December 14th, 2009 at 4:50 am
Fabulous1 I am loving your ornaments!
December 14th, 2009 at 8:03 am
Betina the Ballerina is adorable!
December 14th, 2009 at 9:41 am
Love your writing! So creative!!!
I’m pulling for the cheewawa (as my Nicauraguan grandmother says and spells it)
December 14th, 2009 at 10:52 am
You would make a pretty little ballerina!
December 14th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
That ornament! Oh my word! Is sooo you!
Hope your holiday season is wonderful! xo
December 15th, 2009 at 11:28 am
I love Bettina! She is so you – tiny, pink and fluffy!
December 17th, 2009 at 11:33 am
Too cute!
She TOTALLY reminds me of one of my furbabies! She is half Chihuahua, half Boston Terrier. She is a brute, but thinks she is a tiny, girly, princess! In reality, she looks like the ballerina hippo!