Christmas Decorating
As I talked about in my last post, I love Christmas. Last week, I spent 3 days helping my mother decorate her home for Christmas. This week, I’ve been doing the same for my place (it has taken considerably less time, though). I truly enjoy the decorating process (much to the bewilderment of my friends), and I add just a little bit every year, if I can.
My tree is full of decorations that I have collected for as long as I can remember. I love decorating my tree because as I pull out the ornaments, I am able to reminisce about where I got the ornament. My ornaments are a combination of gifts, mementos from trips, and ornaments I have made. It’s a very eclectic tree, but it makes me smile whenever I look at it.
One of my favorite holiday decorations is gingerbread and gingerbread-related items. My love for gingerbread started about the time I began doing my annual gingerbread baking (recipe to come later). It has become a popular theme for many of the gifts from my family. So popular, that I now have a small village and enough to deck out my bathroom with gingerbread.
Several years ago, my mother decided that she needed to wrap her pictures to look like presents, and I followed suit starting last year. I also added ribbon to my kitchen cabinets.
It’s such a comforting and wonderful place for me, as I sit in my home surrounded by Christmas.
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