We FINALLY got the tree up yesterday. I usually have it up much earlier so we can enjoy it for a longer amount of time, but maybe I'll just leave it up longer than usual this year. We got the tree ready to decorate and put in the movie Christmas Vacation and got a snack ready to enjoy while decorating. Then we began to dig out the ornaments. When we got married, we began a tradition of buying an ornament every time we took a trip anywhere. So needless to say we have a good many now. But I love getting them out and saying, "oh, remember when we went to..."! It's a great trip down memory lane. Of course we have about half a dozen or more ornaments from Disneyworld!! We have ornaments from Virginia, North Carolina, Savannah, Florida, St. John, the Bahamas, Gatlinburg. Sounds like we need to get off the East Coast some time, huh? But that's all the ones I can remember. We have multiples from some of those. But I do love them. The ornaments mean something to me, and I like that. Dad has also begun a tradition of giving us all a Baldwin ornament every year. These are brass ornaments that are so ornate and every year they come out with new designs. So we have about ten or more of these. Brian and I decided tonight that one day we will have a "fancy" tree that has the Baldwin ornaments on it and white lights and then have a "fun" tree that has our travel ornaments and colored lights on it. That will be fun and then everyone can really see all the Baldwin ornaments all together. They are so pretty. Here are a couple of them. Notice that Santa's rocking chair has Christmas cookies in it and the book, Twas The Night Before Christmas! And Santa's cozy quilt is thrown over the back of the chair.
So we had an evening full of Christmas cheer. And now the living room is all cozy with soft Christmas lights and decorations. I love it!! I think I might go warm up some of my recently purchased nestle hot chocolate and sit and enjoy it all. What a great way to end the day.
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If you're going to drink hot chocolate, you have to try my newly-found recipe. It's GOOD. It actually tastes like CHOCOLATE. Only HOT. :)
Your tree looks pretty. It must have ribbons on it. Last night I was looking around, thinking, "all this decorating, and nobody is going to see it!" I need to hurry and have someone for dinner. Only, everybody is busy. Oh, well, the kids love it. BUT, when this porch is finished, I hope we can get some family over here to visit and see IT!! That's the beauty of blogging, I guess. It's like a Christmas open house online. :)
I think I responded to this post on the previous one, oh well. Dad and I are decorating today. He's good at it, better than me actually, so particular with the tree and how things are packed. He's packs everything well, and it keeps it all from getting broken and lost, so that's good.
It's coming along, but I don't know if we'll finish today.
Have a great weekend.
We love you,
Mom and Dad
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