Tuesday, November 30, 2010

"JOY to the World!"

I love the Christmas season. I am thankful I can to celebrate the birth of Our Savior, to express my feelings freely, and worship him as I may.  I have enjoyed getting ready for the season, it is a lot of work, but I love the atmosphere it brings into our home. Like in previous post, this is for me to remember what I did, because it is surely not professional, but it is me, it is us, it is home.

No snow or mistletoe...just lights.  We did red, green, and white this year.



"I'll be home for Christmas."


"OH CHRISTMAS TREE"...that is how I felt putting it up. Loved it, when it was done.  Certainly not a fancy pants tree...only Santas' please.

Here are a very few of my favorites.

  Lean your ear this way....Santa.

Disjointed Santa.

Texas Santa

Monkey skin Santa...our endearment term for PJ's.

My "Mary Poppins" Santa.

Another "Texas Cowboy" Santa.


"Jolly Old St, Nicolas"...Collection of Santas' on mantle.  I didn't put them all out this year.

"Up on the Hutch Top"

Cooking with Santa.

If you can't visit Temple Square during Christmas...why not bring it home.  My gift from my children, and Rick this year. Absolutely LOVE it. At night the fiber optic trees light up, just like on Temple Square. It even came with the nativity like the one on Temple Square.  I can almost hear the Choir singing..."Silent Night"

another view

My Aunt Jane had the most beautiful Lladro Nativity I just loved it.  I would never be able to afford one.  I found this though, and really liked it.  I compared the colors with the small pieces of Lladro I have, it is really close to the same. I might let Rick borrow it for the Bishops office..but I will enjoy it for a few more days.

"Away in a Manger."

May there be JOY this Christmas, and may we always seek the Savior's presence it our lives.

1 comment:

Becky Wallace said...

Hurray!! Glad you like your Christmas gift!