Downsizing for Christmas

We moved about here about a month ago.There is still a lot of items that haven't been unpacked this year, but there's just enough to make our house feel all warm and Christmasy!

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I heard the bells on Christmas Day... Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!”
  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Thoughts about Winter on a cold windy night

Well, I just checked and there is nothing on TV tonight, so I decided to go down and re-arrange my Christmas room. Actually it is my HOLIDAY room and to keep everything sorted, I asked my husband to build me a wall of shelves so that I could keep everything organized. I thought that it would work beautifully, but it didn't take very long for everything to jumbled up into a mess.

Did I mention that everyone gives me Christmas houses?? Well, I climbed the ladder and put them up onto the top shelf. I HAVE A LOT!  With just the three of us at the moment, I don't always put them out. If we ever move home again, our granddaughter is going to have so much fun with them!! Anyway, ornaments came next... and somewhere I got this brilliant idea to have a formal tree and a family tree. That means twice the ornaments. They all needed dividing as well. And then I had to put my bathroom decorations into a box, another for the living room. One for the dining room... well you get the idea.

To make a long story short... my Christmas room is now THE CHRISTMAS ROOM. All of the other holidays have been sent to the attic. Yes, I filled the Christmas room and there is no space left for Halloween and Easter. I was pondering decorating for Valentine's Day... but decided that it might be a huge mistake. When we move, I have to take all of this stuff with us. Enough said...

Christmas Thoughts

Some thoughts for the coming month.. ;)

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