Last but not least…I give you the nativity sets. Our main display is simply the Holy Family and we have had it for years – I still have the original box from Wal-Mart that is marked $9.88. Amazingly, it has made annual trips up and down from the attic unscathed. I have displayed it on
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Every year since Sarah was a baby, we have gotten a live tree. Trever’s preferred tree is a Frasier Fir, but this year we chose a Noble Fir. Over the years, we have had trees nearly fall off the top of the vehicle on transporting them home, have returned trees for being too small, too
These are all the decorations which haven’t fit into other categories. Sleigh bells and wreaths of bells decorate each door. We have such limited storage space I often try to incorporate certain pieces, such as this cake plate, into my holiday decor. Again from my mother in law, this church was at one point lighted
The Christmas Village is Trever’s domain. He painstakingly attends to attends to each and every detail down to having one part of the village being the “rural” area and one being the “town. It takes a great deal of time each year for him to get it all set up, connect and plug in all
The Santa collection came to be in a similar way to the snowmen. I received a few as gifts here and there and then began collecting them on my own and now they have reached quite the number. When there were only a few, I would scatter them about the house but now I try
“The stockings were hung by the chimney with care…”- A Visit From St. Nicholas We have only had a fireplace in one house – a rental we lived in when Sarah was a baby – so our stockings have always hung from various pieces of furniture with care. We have a television cabinet with an
“Elves love to tell stories. I bet you didn’t know that about elves.” – Papa Elf/Elf In 2019 on one of our pilgrimages to At Home/formerly Garden Ridge, we brought home this mischievous looking elf. He was christened Peppermint Jazz from his tag (of the particular collection/theme that the store carried that year.) He became
“In the meadow we can build a snowman…” – Winter Wonderland At some point, I began collecting snowmen/snowwomen/all of the snowpeople. I would receive them as gifts, and I started looking for them in thrift stores and flea markets. As my collection has grown, I now try to only buy a figure if it is
“When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things – not the great occasions – give off the greatest glow of happiness.” – Bob Hope When my mother in law Judy passed away a few years ago, we ended up with boxes of her holiday decorations – the Santa and Mrs. Claus
All throughout the oppressive southern summer, I look forward to the -ber months. Starting in September, fall is on my mind, in spite of the heat and humidity that linger in Arkansas. I begin decorating the house with leaves, pumpkins, scarecrows, and Halloween fare at the first of the month, and for the last few