I love Christmas and love Christmas decorations. BUT I hate having my very orderly life disrupted. So every Christmas season the minimalist in me goes to war with the me who loves huge, over-the-top light displays. I believe I have worked out a compromise. My Christmas decorations, like my normal decor, are rustic/Western in theme and kind of blend in with my usual stuff. Except for the big tree in the corner of the room, you almost can't tell that I have decorated. And that's how I like it...
Even though the tree has been up for several days, Oso is still trying to figure it out.
Our ornaments are a mix of miniature cowboy boots, beaded eggs from Mexico, sleigh bells, tin stars and red bandanna garland. With chili pepper lights, of course!
I think every home needs a festive holiday nebulizer, don't you?
This is our leather nativity that we bought in Mexico a few years ago. I am very fond of it. We bought it from an elderly gentleman who buys scrap leather from the leather shops and fashions it into very individual nativity sets.
I took these outside photos this morning when it was VERY foggy. (Three hour delay in the Rosedale District.) The garland over the door has lights in it. That's the extent of light-hanging that anyone in this house is willing to do.
I leave you with a thought that Aubrey shared with me. She saw it on a plaque at the craft show in St. George:
"Christmas is that special season when we sit around a dead tree and eat out of our socks."
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Very lovely! We are going tomorrow to cut down our tree, I know a little late. It should be fun. I am sad we wont be there for Christmas but hopefully we will see you in January!
ReplyDeleteThank you for posting. I am enjoying my "virtual" visit to everyone's home.
ReplyDeleteAre you locked out of Liza's blog??? I have left messages on facebook for her and emailed her... all I can say is she is serious about her security!
Everyone is locked out of Liza's blog. Someone spooked her about security, so she is going back through old posts to remove clues as to where she lives, works, etc. Once she has finished doing that she will be up and running again.
ReplyDeleteMom it all looks beautiful and it all makes me homesick. Laura I explained it all to everyone on facebook sorry you didn't see the explination. I don't have anyone viewing my blog at the moment. I will be up and running sometime soonish (I hope). :)
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