Christmas: Deck the Halls!

Holiday greetings, friends. My honey and I have been busy decorating our home for Christmas. I laid out our Christmas village, including three new houses we bought that match the size of our custom-made pieces created by my sister-in-law. She’s a talented ceramics artist and has given us many lovely gifts over the years.

The new pieces are lighter in color (see back row on the “hill”) than the original ones, but since they are homes instead of shops, I think they work. The pond in the foreground, the trees and people have been collected over the past fifteen to twenty years.

With the village set up, it was now time to decorate the Christmas tree. We gave away  our seven-footer a  few years ago in favor of a small table-top tree. It’s easier to assemble and takes less space. Plus  we don’t have children in the house any longer, except for an occasional visit from our grandkids, so scaling down made sense.

The only trouble is I can’t resist beautiful ornaments and had collected quite a lot of them. Some have gone to charities, but hubby thinks we still have way too many. He may be right. By the time all are hung, the tree is definitely full. See what you think

If you’d like to share your own Christmas decorating, send me photos as email attachments and I’ll post them here. (Not more than 4 please.)   texasdruids@hotmail.com