Christmas is my most favorite time of the year! I love to decorate, do special crafts, bake and spend time with friends and family. So it's all the things I love most in one holiday! We were having two parties at our home in early December so I got busy decorating early.
This is our main tree in the living room. It has all our sentimental ornaments and a jeweled fruit theme. I love being in this house with all the 10' ceilings so I can have these big beautiful trees!
Our fireplace is next to the main tree and also has jeweled fruit and berries.
This peacock tree is in our dining room. This is the newest addition this year. I used brown ribbon, peacock feathers and a small collection of Polish Pottery ornaments that I hope to continue to collect through the years. I also made a chocolate brown burlap ruffle tree skirt for it. I got that idea off Pinterest...love Pinterest.
The crystal tree in our office is my most favorite of all the trees. It has lots of shiny crystals and pearls along with all my stained glass ornament that I've made through the years. There are stars and crosses of every size and shape. Pictures just never do this tree justice. I LOVE the way it sparkles and glows!
Mirror outside M&M's room.
M&M's tree has a pink and green theme with colored lights. They love to hang all the ornaments and it was overflowing this year with all the homemade ones from school and church. They also love to go to bed each night with the lights on. And they know they have to stay quiet or we'll go in and turn them off...it's worked pretty well this year. We also started the tradition of wrapping all their Christmas books up and placing them under the tree so they can open one each night and read a different story. Even though they're books they already own, it's like new again when they get to tear off the shiny red and green paper!
The advent calendar this year was also thanks to Pinterest. White felt stockings that help us count down to Jesus' Birthday! They love to get their little sercy each day as we count down.
It's always a lot of work to get everything up, but so worth it to have a whole month to enjoy it. It is becoming such a special tradition that M&M love. Seeing the joy and wonder on their little faces is worth the effort!
Merry Christmas!
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