Thought I’d share a few photos of how we decorate for Christmas. You won’t find anything worthy of a magazine layout, but we love the things that we’ve collected over the years.
We seem to have a few snowmen, so I put them all together on the sleigh!
This is the table to the right of our front door. The Christmas cactus is in between blooming. We got a Thankgiving bloom and now there are tiny ones for Christmas!
This is my new Heartwood Nativity scene. I hope to add more figures to it. I bought this on clearance after Christmas last year. Gotta love a good deal. The Santa / Jesus figure we’ve had since before kids. One of our favorites.
The kids Nativity scene. They’ve had it for years and they love arranging the pieces.
The real tree in our front room. Hard to tell, but it’s nearly 9 feet tall…and FAT! No presents yet…guess I’m a “last-minute wrapper†this year.
Artificial tree in our family room. This one belongs to Randy…we call it his “NC State†tree. All the lights and ornaments are white and red, in honor of his college. The presents under this one are ones from my oldest daughter to us.
All those stockings! One for each of us, our dog Jack, and we’ve hung one in honor of our daughter-to-be, Lainey. See the Santa bottom right? A true Florida Santa in shorts and beach shirt! Another Nativity scene…we have lots of those (it is the reason for the season, after all).
It’s a little hard to see, but the ornament says “waiting for Laineyâ€. It’s hanging from her stocking that she’ll use next Christmas (at least we pray it’s next Christmas!)
December 18th, 2006 at 12:55 am
Oh, Donna, I LOVE that you have a stocking for Lainey too! It makes it seem more real, doesn’t it? I don’t think anyone will remember our Beth this Christmas, just our family…..It’s hard because they are so in our hearts, aren’t they? But other people can’t feel it, and I don’t blame them or anything. I love your “waiting” sign too!
December 20th, 2006 at 5:38 pm
The trees, stockings, stocking holders (I was there when you got them!) and nativity scenes, etc. look so nice!! Looking at all of it definitely gives me the Christmas spirit!! Wow, Abbey has been busy wrapping up all those gifts under the NC State tree!! Can’t wait for Christmas, and we sure can’t wait till you all come up to celebrate it with us!! Love to all and a very Merry Christmas. Mom & Dad
December 20th, 2006 at 8:04 pm
That’s a bunch of stockings!!! Merry Christmas!
December 24th, 2006 at 12:40 am
Love your decorations. I am looking forward to seeing all of you so much. It feels like forever since I have had a hug from my grands. We will be going to Tony’s Christmas Eve as we make new memories and traditions, but my memories will still go back to the many Christmas Eves we spent with all of you. My village and tree look so good this year. I have added some to the village (I don’t know how, but I did) and the tree is turning again which makes it extra special. There are many presents under the tree too for my special families. Next year there will be one for Lainey, too !!!