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« on: December 05, 2005, 08:24:04 PM »

It's the season of peace and good will and also shopping and decorating. 

Post pictures here of your Christmas decorating, inside and out.  It will be fun to see the Christmas trees, outdoor lights, etc.

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« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2005, 08:30:26 PM »

To start us off, here are a few photos from last year's Christmas decorating.









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« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2005, 02:56:12 AM »

Prissy, what a great thread!

I put up a Christmas tree in every room in my home! The live trees are in the living room and the foyer.

One year I sent hubby out to buy a tree. He came back with a small tree. I told him that that was not a Christmas Tree.  It was a joke! That tree ended up in the foyer and every year since we have two live trees.

Our bedroom tree has all Lenox ornaments and old brass ornaments.

The dining room tree has all Waterford ornaments.

The bathrooms and powder room have small artificial trees. The kitchen has a resin tree.

We have a tree at the top of the stairs that has all miniature Hummel ornaments.

The basement has a tree decorated with candy canes because the boys always end up there playing games. Even the laundry room has a tree!
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« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2005, 11:47:42 AM »

Wow! Mary!

I would love to see pictures of all those trees and fabulous ornaments!  They sound absolutely beautiful.  I hope you will post some photos for us!! Purple Banana

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PS:  You remind me that, once, my quartet played in a large home that was on a Christmas show tour of homes.  The laundry room even had a small tree with a little clothesline going round and round it (like garland) with tiny Barbie doll clothes hung on with tiny clothespins. Super Happy!!!
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« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2005, 04:29:01 AM »

Here are some photos of my den for this Christmas.











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« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2005, 02:58:57 AM »

Thanks for starting this thread, Prissy, and I am sorry it has taken me so long to respond.

Here are some pics from last year:




I will try to get some this year and some of the inside. Laughing
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« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2005, 03:00:49 PM »

Deanna,

Your outside lights are gorgeous.  Thanks for posting them here.

My outside lights this year are almost exactly the same as last year's. I'll post new photos if we add somethinig new!!


Here are photos of my Entry Hall.







Can you spot Santa, Santa Snoopy, Santa Cabbage Patch Doll, Santa Bear,  "Rudolph" Bear, Santa Mickey, Charlie Brown, the Velveteen Rabbits, and two Gingerbread girls? Super Happy!!!

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« Reply #7 on: December 13, 2005, 06:03:08 AM »

Here are photos of my "Snowman" themed dining room.





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« Reply #8 on: December 13, 2005, 04:52:23 PM »

I tried to take some more pics.  Laughing  A camera genius I am not!!

I made this tree with Motion Lights.  It is much prettier in action:


We have 8 lighted trees lining our walkway from the garage to the house:


The front of the garage:


These folks are sitting on a platform my hubby built over my annual/herb garden:
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« Reply #9 on: December 13, 2005, 05:07:55 PM »

This is a wreath hanging off one of our tall tress on the edge of our lawn.  It is 5 feet across.  I decorated it with lights for night and fancy Xmas knick knacks, ribbons, pine cones and bows for the daytime:


This sign is 13 feet long.  I made it out of lights and hubby strung it on our clothesline. Laughing


Another view of our manger.  Hubby built the creche:


Our tree:


Not as nice as Prissy's--but here's one view of the inside decorations:


As you can tell-
we made most of these decoration ourselves.  lmao
That explains it!! Wink
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« Reply #10 on: December 14, 2005, 12:42:18 PM »

Deanna,

You are so creative!  I love all of your outside lights and the inside, too.  I haven't made anything for a long time, but still use almost everything I have in decorating!!  I have some new photos to post soon.  We are having trouble with our internet and there is no internet on the laptop at all, so I'm on Hubby's "big" computer for now. 

I hope others will join in on this thread, too!

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« Reply #11 on: December 15, 2005, 07:41:04 PM »

Here are a few more pictures inside my house.









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« Reply #12 on: December 16, 2005, 03:27:53 PM »

I love seeing all the decorations for Christmas!

Norm went out to buy our tree for the living room today. I asked him to buy a tree that was 8' to 9'. He came back with a tree that is 11' tall!
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« Reply #13 on: December 18, 2005, 12:40:32 PM »

I called the small tree that Norm bought a few years ago a joke and a shrub. He hauled that 11' tree in today and said that no one is going to call it a joke! I said "no we are going to call it the monster"!

Today I am unpacking my village pieces and houses. About 10 years ago my son Brian decided that he could do a better job with the display and took over my village. I have to admit he does a wonderful job. He is coming here on Tuesday to arrange everything and set up the display. He really doesn't want me to put it up.

For the first time he won't be here on Christmas Eve. He and his girlfriend Erin are spending that night at her parent's house but they will be here on Christmas day. Tim will come home on Christmas Eve.

I had better grt back to unpacking.
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« Reply #14 on: December 18, 2005, 03:38:21 PM »

wow what beautiful decorations everyone....Prissy you must spend hours apon hours decorating your home....I haven't taken many pictures yet but I wanted to share this picture of you yard at christms.......awe I'm just joking but hey nothing wrong with wishing is there??????????????aLOL
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« Reply #15 on: December 18, 2005, 03:52:23 PM »

ok....I'll be serious now....LOL....
mr and mrs clause on my hearth....

Aisalynn ( of course) under my tree

my house at night....

my christmas tree...it's hard with a digital to get a picture without the lights on and ge focused....darn...


More later I have a M&M collection I'd love to share in pictures.....maybe tomorrow.......
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« Reply #16 on: December 18, 2005, 08:57:54 PM »

Debi,

Your Christmas photos are fabulous. I love seeing Aisalynn under the tree.  So cute!! Thanks for posting here.  I loved the photo in my Christmas card, too.  That picture of Clay in your yard looks familiar!! Paranoid  ROFLMAO



Mary,

An 11 foot tree!!  I have a nine foot one, so I know an 11 foot tree would brush against the ceiling!!  The village decorations sound beautiful.  I hope you will share pictures of your trees and decorations with us when you can.


The only thing that takes me a while is decorating my tree, and it is prelit.  I try to place things on the tree so that they are not close to something similar!!  Otherwise, I just bring in a Christmas box and start placing items around my house.  Some things always go in the same place!!  This year, I took a few of the regular house items and put them in the Christmas decorating box when I had one emptied.  That worked pretty well.  But usually, I just crowd things in. Wink

I am enjoying sitting in the den with just the Christmas tree lights on.  I don't want to take my tree down too soon after Christmas.  I may leave it up a week into January!

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« Reply #17 on: December 18, 2005, 09:55:56 PM »

Prissy...LOL...the picture of clay in my yard well it was my christmas card last year...and I probably posted it sometime before.....LOL....you know those senior moments just keep coming closer...LOL.......
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« Reply #18 on: December 18, 2005, 10:50:39 PM »

Debi,

I meant that your photo looked familiar because we both have the same Clay figure in our photos!!

Here are some more photos of my decorating:

These are puppets and tiny mittens I made many, many years ago.



Mr. and Mrs. Santa sitting on a counter.



Santa head with elves, probably more than 30 years old.






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« Reply #19 on: December 20, 2005, 09:16:14 PM »

oops sorry Prissy ....I missed that ...LOL...Ilove the puppets and mittens you made ....and the old santa head....I don't think I have much that is old in my decoratins. except a few ornaments that came from my tree when I was a kid...but they are really not anyting special...oh dang I forgot my Manger , well parts of it are from the year my mom got married...so i guess it's pretty only seeing how a have a sister that is 55....wow I never even thought of that...I can remembe walking up to Kresges as a kid and buying new peices for that manger....like sheep or something...I am gonna have to post a picture  of some of it....yep Ill do that asap......love all the pictures....debi
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