It has been a busy December for me and now on Christmas Eve I am finally ready with the house. Every year I start the decorating the day before Thanksgiving. I put up the outside lights before it gets too cold although I don't turn them on until much closer to Christmas.
I grew up in Pennsylvania where the decorations consisted of lights on evergreen tree and a wreath on the white door. We would illuminate our door with a spotlight.
Here in Armonk, NY we have one evergreen and some shrubs so we light the shrubs as well.
We don't have as much up this year as we did when the girls were home. In the past we would have nutcrackers spread throughout the house. They did not come out this year. Some are large enough to stand on the floor.
Inside the house our tree fills the bay window. It is live. Every year the girls wanted to make cookies and decorate the tree. The hardest part is for me to get it in the stand. We always have the angel Gabriel on top of our tree. We actually have more decorations now than we can put on the tree.
Happy Holidays to all!
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