Deck the Halls 2008

I participated in the last craft show for this year on the 6th, and became ill on the 8th. I'm finally beginning to feel better, thankfully, so I will share a bit of my Christmas decorating.

I'm missing three trees this year -- my sewing area, entryway tree and the basement family room, but here's what I did manage to get done.

The tree in the living room.  I can't seem to get a picture that shows the tree lights in all their glory.   :)   I like lights -- lots of lights; there's 1000 lights on this 6 1/2 ft. tree.  Actually, it does fluctuate between 950 and 1000, as half of the second strand keeps going on/off, on/off.  The Lionel train underneath is a Santa Fe diesel from the 1950s, I think.  My husband is the train guy.

A few of my favorite ornaments:

This little pair of socks is my favorite.  They're the Christmas socks I purchased on the day I went into labor with my daughter. She wore them on her first Christmas. I have a sweet, sweet picture of her wearing her Christmas socks, but she's also wearing her birthday suit, so I won't post the picture -- but it's cute...really cute.  :)

My daughter purchased this ornament for me at the second craft show I did this year.  I *love* snowmen.  The woman in the booth next to mine made several of these and sold them all.  No surprise to me, I think it's adorable.

This little ornament set has hung at the top of every Christmas tree for 25 years.  I wonder if they still sell those little cheap, plastic nativities?

Unfortunately, we don't have a fireplace and as such, our stockings are not hung by the chimney with care.  They're on the TV stand.  This is not an endorsement for Olive Garden, that's just what happened to be on, but I am impressed with the quality of the picture on the television.

Moving to the kitchen table:

The candle looks wonky because my husband has a thing about playing with shaping candle wax while the candle is burning.  I have no idea why.  I'll admit I have roasted marshmallows over candle flames, but not very often.

Normally, I have a tree on the buffet that sits in our entryway.  Here's this year's decoration.  I like it, but I miss the tree because the tree has LIGHTS (usually 200 on a 2 ft. tree -- all white lights -- with the ornaments I used in the bowl). 

In the master bedroom, my Shabby Chic-ish tree:

This tree appears to have a large bare spot, but it doesn't.  There are tiny little angels and rosebuds in that area.  Here's the nativity that's under the tree.  You can see one of the little angels right above the star.

Here's a few more pictures from the living room:

My husband was in the high school band and played the bass drum. My MIL buys him a drummer boy nearly every Christmas.

There's a pretty wreath on the front door, but I forgot to take a picture.

I realize my decorating is not magazine spread worthy, but we like it.  :)