Article: Toys trim the treeSue Lowery's holiday tradition started with a coffee pot.

Byline: Jan Galletta

Dec. 23--While it wasn't an art object Sue Lowery wanted to showcase each day in her Harrison home, the play coffee pot she inherited from her mother had too much sentimental value to discard, she said. But using it as a focal point of the family's Yuletide decorations was just her cup of tea. "It was my mother's only Christmas present during the Depression," said Ms. Lowery, 52, a graphic designer. "That gave me the idea to put it on the tree as a way to display it during the holidays." Forged of aluminum and fitted with a red wooden handle, the tiny utensil now occupies a prominent place on a 7-foottall tree with ornaments that ...

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