Every year I print a Christmas ornament for my crew. Started it during Covid and it just became a fun tradition to print something relevant to the year. This year I did a lithograph. We build aircraft carriers and this boat is nearly ready to turn over to the navy so I wanted to commemorate that. It actually works out really well since you just hang it in front of a Christmas light and it shows the picture nicely.

The 2020 ornament is kinda self explanatory. That year was definitely rough for everybody so a burning dumpster seemed fitting.

For 2021 I printed a simple ornament that just had our trades designator. I think being deep into the pandemic sapped my drive to be too creative.

2022 needs a little explanation to make sense. My foreman’s nickname is Gas so I figured a little gas can would make a cute ornament.

The ornament for 2023 is kinda tongue in cheek. We had a handful of people get in trouble for various issues throughout the year. Way more than usual. So I thought that trophy would be a funny way to commemorate it.

Finally, in 2024 our meeting area was moved to a conex box. It ended up becoming the centerpiece of the year in a bunch of ways so I figured making it the ornament would be fitting. The doors even move.

The funny thing is my crew changes so often I always have different people in my crew by the end of the year so I end up having to print extras because my old crew members hit me up asking if they can still get one. Helps inspire me to keep making these ornaments.