This Swift Mass Tree is made by Taylor.
The Taylor Swift superfan owns all 103 ornaments she's ever released and has them all on one tree.
Manhattanite's Molly Swindoll started collecting ornaments in earnest in 2020 to fill the “blank spots” on her Christmas tree, and has managed to keep up with the multiple ornaments Swift releases each holiday season. .
“Some of them sell out within minutes…but I've bought every ornament she's ever released, even if it means buying 34 in a year.” she told the Post. “53 of them have come in the last four years alone.”
Swindoll, who has seen the songstress in concert 54 times and even met her once, purchased 18 songs released this year (priced between $20 and $25) through the singer's official website, including: A strategy was needed.
“Taylor's team will basically be posting within the next hour suggesting there will be a drop, so you should be online and ready to buy as soon as the price drops.” she explained.
In addition to purchasing ornaments from Swift's website, she also buys and trades pieces with fans to complete her collection, which she proudly shares with fellow Swifties on social media. are sharing.
“So it's not actually my tree. It's a fandom tree,” she gushed.
The Georgia native hung all of her Taylor ornaments from a 7.5-foot spruce tree in her childhood home because she couldn't fit them into her Manhattan apartment.
“In a New York apartment, it would take over the entire living room,” she says.
This year, she continued her tradition of decorating live on TikTok, with 20,000 fans tuning in to watch.
During the two-and-a-half hour trimming session, she arranged and discussed everything from photos of the singer, mini guitars, small records and pianos to wine glasses, cowboy hats and disco balls.
“I pick it up, unbox it, show it off and then put it on the tree,” she said. “This is our third year, and some people come every year.”
Swindal has several favorites, but she holds a special place in her heart for her first ornament, a replica of her own pottery, which she found for $62 at Swift's online shop in the UK. It was something.
“It's literally just a picture of her. I actually had to really look for it. That was the only thing that was really hard to find, so it was really cool,” she explained.
Swindoll, the youngest of five sisters, attended an Elas Tour concert in Miami with her sisters in October, but met Swift in 2007 when she opened for Brad Paisley in Atlanta, Georgia. Ta.
“It was a really special moment. She was like, 'You look so adorable.' Thank you for coming, she said, “…so sweet, so sweet, true Taylor fashion.”
“So I only heard about really positive interactions between her and her fans and how she spends time with them and makes them feel like they're the only ones in the room. I never would have…I was a fan, but I feel like that was the moment that made me a Swiftie.”
This year, her Swiftmas tree was bigger than ever, so she had to install it in her sister's childhood bedroom.
“Last weekend, I wasn't there, but she was, and I was like, 'What the hell is in my bedroom?'” she recalled with a laugh.
