It’s starting to look a lot like Christmas… inside at least!  The temps got into the high-60’s this weekend so all of our snow has melted and after tomorrow’s relatively warm rain, it’s supposed to be dry through the week.  That means no white Christmas this year!

Inside is another matter, though!  I got pretty much all of our decorations put up the weekend after Thanksgiving when I avoided the mall, and preferred to get my decorating done instead.  If you’ve ever worked even one hour of retail, you probably have absolutely zero desire to be within a hundred miles of a store on Black Friday.  At least that’s how I feel!  Anyway, let me take you on a little tour of our Christmas decorations.  Our main tree, and only full size one, is in our family room…

ChristmasTree

Our bird tree is in our kitchen…

KitchenBirdTree

Our Virginia Tech tree is in our basement…

VTChristmasTree

And the West Virginia University tree that I made for Daniel is in our basement, too…

WVUTree

One year I found this gorgeous large Holy family and wise men set on sale after Christmas, and display them in our living room so you can see them when you walk in our front door.

LivingRoomNativity

Photo courtesy of Bill

I put up a folk art nativity on the hunt board in our dining room…

 DiningRoomNativity

Our Santa and Reindeer that my parents gave us years ago rests on the transition area between the family room and kitchen…

SantaSleigh

The gingerbread house I talked about last week and Santa baker are displayed on the baker’s rack in the kitchen…

GingerbreadHouse

A cardinal resting in a berry and ivy covered basket also decorates our baker’s rack…

CardinalAndBerryBasket

During the holidays, our baker’s rack is also home to two Longaberger Christmas Collection baskets from the years the boys were born…

ChristmasLongabergerBaskets

Mom and Dad gave us this snowcouple wreath a few years ago.  I put it on the door that year, but didn’t leave it there for long because I was afraid it would get ruined by the sun and rain.  These days I keep it hanging in the basement.  I was just too lazy to take a picture this year, so I used this one instead.

SnowmanWreath

This is my elf that I’ve had since I was was about four.  In first grade I took him to school for show and tell.  All of the little boys laughed, but I didn’t understand why.  Let’s just say that my elf doesn’t do mischievous things at night like my Facebook friends’ Elf on a Shelf.  Apparently my elf has something else on his mind…

Elf

And on that classy note, I’ll close for today!

 

  • Questions:
  • Do you have any themed Christmas trees?
  • Do you enjoy shopping on Black Friday?
  • Do you have an Elf on a Shelf?  If so, how creative are you with his antics? ~ I’m grateful that my sons didn’t have one.  I’m afraid they would have been disappointed with their elf’s antics… or lack of antics!