To say I love Christmas would be an understatement! My grandfather was a huge Christmas Fan and he obviously passed the Christmas gene onto me! I remember we would get a Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving when we had real trees and once they invented Mt King artificial trees the tree went up Thanksgiving night!
We would decorate the tree with loads of old fashioned glass ornaments that he and my grandmother had for years, we even had the huge old fashioned light bulbs that I still cant' believe didn't catch the real tree on fire, they got sooooo hot!
Anyway, I digress, in honor of my grandfather's love of Christmas and all that the season stands for (birth of our savior, magic in the air, giving, caring and sharing and so much more)I now decorate everything! My husband is afraid to stand still to long as I may just decorate him! For those of you who don't know him, he is the biggest Grinch ever....he tolerates Christmas at best, and my decorating makes him crazy. He thinks the tree is too bright, but that doesn't stop me, I just add more lights!
So, here it is in all it's glory!
I love Snowmen and have them everywhere! This is a snowman head candle from the store that I can't bring myself to burn but he glows when you do!
More snowmen on a shelf in the family room.
My seasonal wall in the kitchen....this wall changes with the seasons. After Christmas it will sport snowmen until March and then out comes the springtime treasures and so on and so on, season after season!
A shelf in the dinning room with more you guessed it snowmen!
A shelf in my kitchen window with snowmen and my collection of antique graters turned luminary!
Another shelf in my kitchen window. I get to look at all of the beauties when I am doing dishes!
Check it out, I really do have something other than snowmen! My primitive Santa's and one of my kitchen trees decked out in kitchen utensils and tools from sifters and rolling pins to mason jars and whisks!
What would Christmas be without candy! These jars are here year round, but the candy changes as do the punch needle designs on the front, crafted by yours truly.
My entryway, sorry, I forgot to turn the little tree in the corner on!
My family room! Sorry about the image on the TV. My husband was watching something and wasn't happy when I tried to close the doors on the armorie to hide the TV! The crooked tree topper is thanks to WII Fit and the numerous people who have been in my family room on the balance board causing slight movements and jarring of everything not nailed down
One of my newest additions. Isn't this the coolest door you have ever seen. A very kind lady gave it to me! We stained it, my husband built a stand for it and I adorned it for Christmas. It will stay all year, but it's adornments will change.
There's still more, a tree in each room, a hall bath filled with Santa's and a second floor with lots of treasures!
I hope you have enjoyed the tour! Now, it's time to start taking it all down, which makes me oh so sad. I think the house looks so empty and cold when it all gets packed away!
