re: Check for heirloom ornaments before dragging your Christmas tree to the dumpster

Find one on eBay and then put it somewhere in the house as if it had just fallen off the tree.

Or buy it and put in the box of ornaments in the attic for her to find next year. It will be a small miracle to her as long as you never explain how it got there.

Or buy a copy of it, and then put it in a small box with a note from then "garbage men ( or whoever) took the tree explaining that they found it and wanted to return it.

Lots of ways to fix this if you get creative.