Christmas Tour of Homes!

It's time for the Christmas Tour of Homes, hosted by Boomama!

Welcome, and please come on in!


You may remember that last year during our tour, we were having a pretty wild wind storm outside! But aren't you glad the weather is better this time...just a drizzle. Still, you must come in and...yes, if you don't mind you can slip your shoes off here, with the new carpet and all.

You'll notice I did add a little greenery on top of the inside of the door...and why yes, that's our new door, too!


Right here, on the end table, is my crystal Nativity votive...I acquired this, and many other Christmas items back in the days when I sold House of Lloyd (also known as Christmas Around the World.) It's one of my favorites!


And of course, here is our Christmas tree...the one we all chopped down at a tree farm last week.
My flash was giving me a bit of trouble this evening...either that, or our tree was feeling rather camera shy... it was hard to get a good "pose"...but this one was one of the better ones.

Notice our new multi-colored star that hubby brought home!

And here is the best I could do by the twinkling lights...


And to the right we have our Nutcrackers, which my mom gave the girls and I the past couple of years...


Over on the other side of our living room, our stockings are hung by the chimney with care...

(Normally, we wait until Christmas Eve, but the girls were very anxious this year so we hung up theirs- and their grandma's.)

And here is one of my favorite collections. My mom and I each started collecting years ago, before I was married.
It's my "It's a Wonderful Life" village.

My husband gave me an official It's a Wonderful Life train set a few years ago...it's suppose to go around the village but we currently don't have a table big enough for Bedford Falls and the train, so for now, it's resting in front.

I tried to take a picture of it lighted...it came out a bit blurry, but I think you get the idea.


Sometimes the girls just like to sit and gaze at it!

Why don't we step into the kitchen\dining room. I can fix you a cup of hot cider....or I do have a few flavors left of my the hot chocolate my sweet husband brought home a few weeks ago...
(there were eight I think...but there's still some great ones left!)



Here in the dining room I have a little table dresser decorated for Christmas.

That old world Santa we won at my husband's Christmas party last year and I just love it!



And up close you can see a musical decoration (courtesy, House of Lloyd again!) and my treasured "It's a Wonderful Life" ornament.
(Are you starting to see a trend here?)

On the other side of the dining room is our Advent calendar.

Now, bring your hot chocolate and step in this way to our...well...office, family room, grandma sleeping quarters, laundry area. (Amazing how a room this small can have so many purposes!)

But on the piano I grew up with, sits our Nativity.


Let's walk over for a closer look...


It's been so wonderful having you stop by. I know you have a lot of other homes to go visit, but can't you just sit down for awhile? We were just watching an old Andy Hardy movie on TV. You know, Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland?


Oh, good! I'll make popcorn! So, you'll be a little late visiting all of the other places...just relax and kick back and we'll throw another log on the fire...:)