It's a Jim Shore ornament, and probably one of H's absolute favourites of all the ornaments we own. It's the pink edging and the rainbow that makes her love it so. This is one of those theological ones that is way more H's thing than M's.
Quoting H:
It's hard to explain this without a lengthy essay that I've been planning to write for quite some time but still haven't managed to: it's about the rainbow as a Queer Pride symbol as well as a symbol of God's covenant with humanity, and how the rainbow in the sky after a storm can stand for hope and grace is so many ways. Shore also uses quilt blocks in all his work: the pinwheels at the bottom, four patches at the top and the star on the side of the ark. And quilting is such a big part of my heritage and such a love of mine. And it is a Christmas tree, after all. I like having Biblical things on my tree. Especially Biblical Queer Pride Quilty Christian things.
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