I was well on top of the holiday this year and had the place all clean and decorated before I left for Ohio. That way when I came home on December 2nd I could just relax into the Christmasness of it all and not concern myself with a messy home.
I made that wee little glass snowglobe with the tiny trees! The elf was Mum's.
That blue frog was a gift from Wayne years ago, probably for Christmas, and the lovely lady in the black and white photo is my great gran on my mother's side.)
A Leonidas tin that once held a box of yummy Belgian chocolates, a ceramic dish that Uncle Alan once mistook for an ashtray (Mum had to use white out to cover the stain!) and a sweet teeny tree that I bought in grade school. Bonus: that's Aunt Berne and Godmommy Gina in the frames!
Olga's Diner was well known in South Jersey and I just had to have that ornament when I discovered it on Etsy from Jawnaments.
The Star ornament was handmade by office bestie, Renee a few years back and the Chagrin Falls was the latest ornament added.
When I saw that Kate Gabrielle was selling a new ornament featuring a puppy and a line from Only Murders in the Building I couldn't not buy it! Also, the teeny SpongeBob once belonged to Donna. Kay let me take it a few years ago.
These three snowpeeps plus another one that is making a snow angel were bought over two decades ago at The Washington Memorial Chapel Cabin gift shop on the way back from cutting down a Christmas Tree with Xavier, Aunt Berne, Aunt Gina, and Alina. They were too precious to pass up.
It's the Wannamaker Eagle!
My coffee table with Christmas books, basket o' red and gold ornaments, bowl of coloured Christmas trees, and my box for holiday cards received.
That penguin card is really a pin and someone drew skis to turn it from a plain old pin to art. The Snoopy pin definitely wins first prize for flashiest decor in the whole joint!
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