This Thanksgiving marked a new beginning for us. It’s amazing how a new surrounding and the feel of home makes one ready for the holidays.
I really haven’t gotten into the decorating mood the last several Christmas seasons for various reasons – last year we were living in two different states, ‘09 we were far away from home in a new place, and in ‘04-‘08 we were cohabitating with family. There is just something about being in a place you can call home. Don’t get me wrong, living with family is homey, but when you live in someone else’s home you just can’t decorate extensively.
We – let me rephrase that, Jay – loves to decorate for the holidays, and I love how the house looks decorated! Over the years we’ve accumulated many holiday decorations. To be honest, I did not realize how much Christmas stuff we had until we broke out the boxes and totes and boxes and totes (nope-not a typo) of stuff.
The house has been transformed. There are eight trees in five rooms, village pieces displayed, and tons of holiday decorations throughout.
The living/family room where we spend most of our time has the most decor. Our main tree this year is decked out in all Disney ornaments. The kids have been given so many ornaments over the years, which is great for when they move out on their own they’ll each have their own ornaments, but those ornaments take up a tree themselves. In years past, we have had the Disney tree and the Hallmark tree – the kids’ ornaments, but this year we went with only one main tree.
Several years ago, my mom and dad started gifting us village pieces. So between those and the few we’ve acquired over the years, we have a nice collection to display. This year some are located in the living/family room and the others are in the dining room atop the piano.
I collect angels, and one year I had a little tree with a few angel ornaments. Well, now I have a 6 ft. tree full of angel ornaments. Some of the ornaments have been gifts while others I have collected over the years – some really neat thrift store finds, too.
This little tree the kids & I acquired last year. I felt it was very symbolic of our upside down holiday as we were in two different states. It now has a permanent place in our holiday decor.
Years ago, this little tree was originally my angel tree, but now it has a home of its own with a catch all theme.
These two trees are in the girls’ room. I’ll be honest, we found that purple one on someone’s trash pile one year – perfect for any little girl!
Zack was excited when this little tree went unclaimed. He claimed it as his and it will adorn sports ornaments shortly.
As you can see, we spent a good part of our Thanksgiving day decorating our home. Thanksgiving was calm – we didn’t have to rush around to prepare a meal or be some where for a meal. We took our time and worked together decorating. Then in the late afternoon we started dinner preparations. By the time Odie & his dad arrived for dinner the house was decorated & dinner was in the final stages.
It was one of the best Thanksgivings. We were together as a family in a place that we are all excited to call home!
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