Christmas Decorations

 I love Christmas time and decorating my house. If I had my way I would put up my decorations right after Halloween but I kinda like our tradition of popping champagne and decorating on black friday too. I always keep my decorations up as well to epiphany to remind me Christmas is not just about Santa but needs to be based in Christ and by doing this every year I am reminded of what the true meaning of the season is. Here are some of my favorite decorations:

I love my tree! Funny enough we actually now have enough ornaments to get a second tree. I am hoping to get a 9 footer for our huge front room and move our current tree downstairs. Part of the reason I have so many gorgeous ornaments is from my ballerina ornament collection started as a little girl. It was a wonderful gift my Mother gave me when I got my own home to already have such an extensive ornament collection. I decided to do the same for Kinsale and got her a gorgeous angel ornament to start her collection! I did finally get a tree skirt this year, In the past I actually just used a long piece of fabric and wrapped around the tree. I love this white, sparkly tree skirt. Christmas and New Years always mean sparkles to me!

Love this wreath, the picture doesn't do it justice they are candy apple red and will be gorgeous around valentines day too.

This is my long table in the front room, it has my nutcrackers, my Scandinavian tree and vintage decorations from my Grandma Johnson. The nativity is very old and the toy soldier carousel is from her too and is sweet!

I always put my candles on the center of my dining table .I decided this year they look a little lonely, I took a note from my lovely mother in law Kathy and added some angels. Kneaders had these pretty angels and some garland made them very festive.

Here is the my cookbook holder in my kitchen, I have our advent candles (which are burnt down pretty far) our Santas including our skiing Santa from Gramma Barb and also the Polar Express Train which I think is one of Quinn's new favorite decorations.

Here is our fireplace and mantle. These stockings are my very favorite decoration. They are a labor of love and usually take almost six months to complete each one. The white ones are the ladies and the red are the boys, snowflake for us and trees for the kids. I also love the village which is extra special because all the pieces have been gifts, I haven't bought any of them myself.

This is a side table in the middle of all of Quinn and Kinsale's toys. It has a special frame and photo book from their traditional polar express date with Uncle Tommy and Aunty Brandy and also two different nativities they can both play with. One of my favorite decorations as a little girl was my Mothers Nativity, cannot tell you the hours we played re arranging the figures.

Christmas cards always make my heart happy and full. Seeing my friends start their own families or even our parents friends become grandparents makes my heart sing. I actually have more then what fit on this fridge but what is here always is lovely to see each day!

Christmas is special and I love sharing these decorations fro our home!

Love

The Whites