When Natalie Duvall's daughter looked at her Christmas decorations and their white skin tones, she couldn't see herself represented in the festive faces.
"They were only white.
"And that's not the world that I want my daughter to grow up in - that there's only one version or something."The decorations are not just an accompaniment to Christmas festivities - they can prompt difficult conversations too. Ms Burton said the decorations can be for everyone, not just those with black and brown skin for whom the representation is important."But what you introduce into your household, whether it be the books that you read, the films you watch with your children, or even having diverse decorations on your tree, helps to facilitate that conversation about race and to normalise these in the household and for them not to feel like a novelty.
"It was special to see my daughter's face light up when she saw this angel that looked like her," Ms Duvall said."It's a small way of showing her she is represented in this world, and that she belongs in this world. "Now when we show her new designs of our angels she says 'I've seen them 100 times Mum, what's new?'.
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