It's Beginning to Look (more or less) Like Christmas

Our family lives in a community full of cute and colorful houses. Ours is beige, inside and out (sigh...) If it were up to me, our house would be red, or light green, or a cool shade of blue, maybe yellow, I'm really not sure. What I do know is that our house looks best when decorated for Christmas, it's like adding jewelry to a T-shirt and jeans outfit. It makes my little beige house look happier and helps give it some personality. So, we added the lights (they went up in October before the weather turned bad). The fresh evergreen garland and vintage sleds, skis, and ice skates go up after Thanksgiving. And, as I find new things, those are added as the days grow closer to Christmas.


Inside the house, decorating for Christmas really doesn't take that much effort or time because our decorations are few, but meaningful. In our early married years I collected Eddie Walker Nativities, Santa's, and ornaments- I love them. It's a good thing we got them when we did because she is no longer making them (sad).





Another thing I love is our Christmas art. Caitlin sketched "The Grinch" in her Fourth grade art class and did such a great job. This year she is giving copies as gifts to some lucky people who have blessed her life.



The Santa sketch is my uncle Rob's work from several years ago. When I saw the original, I really wanted it. He found a printing company that could make copies without losing the amazing detail and shading and now I have my very own.



Some of the other things that we get excited about bringing out this time of year are our many Christmas books, music, photos, and toys. There is something special about decorating for Christmas and displaying collections that have meaning and memories.