I must say that I enjoy being able to put up my outside Christmas lights and decorations when it’s 71 degrees outside. The weather has been absolutely beautiful the last few days, a wonderful gift in the usually dreary, cold month of November. According to the local forecast, the good weather ends with November though and wintry conditions and temps arrive Dec. 1. Bleh.
Anyway, I’ve blogged before that I’m a nut for Christmas and Christmas decorations. I have tons and yet I get more every year. I bought some when we were at the beach this year — mainly beach-type ornaments like seashells and sand dollars. I can fill two trees with plenty of decorations to spare. If I had the space, I’d have a themed tree in every room in the house. As I was handing down the boxes containing said decorations from the attic today, hubby says, “Hey, when are the movers coming?” Har har har. He’s a funny one. Thanks to the lovely weather, we got all the outside lights up as well as all the other outside decorations. Tomorrow, I’ll put on Christmas CDs and decorate the inside.
So, how about you all? Are you crazy Christmas decorators? Is there a type of Christmas decoration you collect and love more than others? I have tons of just about everything, but I particularly love angels and snowmen.
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Whedonverse Quote of the Day:
Cordelia: “Why are all these terrible things always happening to me?”
Xander: “(cough) Karma. (cough)”
Buffy
November 27th, 2006 at 6:52 pm
I love Christmas and the decorations, too. This year I have to wait for hubby to get them out of the shed, cause they are all in really heavy plastic tubs. OB said that I shouldn’t lift over 25 lbs. during my pregnancy, but it is hard to wait. I kind of like silver and pewter ornaments, and clear ones that especially sparkle when the lights hit them. Some years I just do blue and silver everything on the tree (I collected lots of blue and silver during our marriage). Our first tree was blue and silver in honor of the Wildcats. My husband is a huge fan. I also like home made ornaments, and my girls are a good age to start on those…my mom has so many sentimental ones on her tree that I made
November 28th, 2006 at 8:56 am
Sounds good, Ali. I have a red and white tree this year for the smaller one (which, btw, is the same tree I had in the dorm!). The larger tree is always just a huge collection of various ornaments I’ve collected over the years.
November 28th, 2006 at 11:20 am
Yep, I have boxes and boxes of Christmas stuff. My birthday is the 22nd, so I usually get Christmas stuff for presents. I told every one..NO CHRISTMAS stuff this year. We just don’t have room for any more:)
teri