It's begining to look like Christmas





Getting ready for Christmas - a Pictorial account.

 

The day after Christmas I put up my outside Christmas decorations.  Here is a sampling

My fake greenery wreaths and garland are all cast offs from the side of the road or a yard sale.

Last year I adopted the gold and green theme.

 

I repurposed this clearance sale nativity set brining it outside this year.
 I like the shadow box effect that the wine crate end table makes.

 

My book Christmas tree.  I got this idea from Pinterest and the books from a $5 a bag book sale.



Here they are all lit up at night.

 

The lights on the baby crib chandelier are year round. 
I added the lights over the door for a little Christmas zing.

This discarded baby crib railing has made for an awesome chandelier.
 I change out the hanging thingys according to the season.

Then the next day Dad went with me to a local farm to buy my tree.


So this is really Dad and I going for a walk after the Thanksgiving meal but you get the idea.

 

I put the tree in the stand that night and about 4 days later I finally got the lights and ornaments on.

 

I put up a tree so I can look at my ornaments.  I love my ornaments.

My ornaments remind me of people and memories. 
I look forward to the yearly walk down memory lane.



And since Pickles the Elf had no classroom to play in this year he has been wandering around my house.  This is his rendition of "Safari"

Note the Black baby Jesus in the plant basket.  I bought that for Peter. 
We have black angels on the tree (thanks to Aunt Edith) so figured we should have a black baby Jesus too.