My Favorite Things

It's cold outside! Just how I like it! And they are predicting a white Christmas for us! A small "system", as they call it, sweeping in Christmas Eve into Christmas morning~the Farmer's Almanac predicted it too...just saying.....don't doubt the almanac ....those farmers know what they're talking about!

 

Here is my main Christmas tree! It's in the family room. A 7 1/2 ft frasier fir that has been lasting due to her love of sugar :) and the fact that she is in front of my  sliding glass doors and NOT in front of the baseboard heat!

 

 

 

The Gurley candle choir collection! They are singing for the birth of our Saviour next to the manger.
Did I mention I had purchased these candles at a garage sale two years ago for about $2.00 the whole lot!!!! They still have their labels on their bottoms and the reindeer has a tag on his antler! I love Gurley candles and in the past had purchased some on Ebay for Halloween and Thanksgiving. These were like finding a treasure!

Speaking of garage sales, here is a find from earlier this year. This beautiful wire shelf for $3! I had it on one of my covered porches this Summer with plants. Now she is in the kitchen under my big window holding some battery operated snowmen. I think I will be keeping it under that window all year long.

Here is a full picture of my mitten/hat box and when I went to Christmas Tree Shoppe with my friend I saw this mitten/hat tree and it was a must have! We truly use it too--not just for show. What  handy little item and super cute too :)

Now all of us have our favorite Christmas items--mine is my gingerbread collection or chalkware 1940's nativity set...well, Robin LOVES our iceskating teddy bear. This is one of those wind up skating ponds and the little bear skates by a magnet attached to his base. Robin watches and watches; never knocking the bear off--oh nooo. HE likes to watch it skate over and over and over. When Billy went to move it from the chair, Robin put his paw on Billy's hand as if to say "no, no, no...I'm still watching!"

Some up close of the gingerbread collection....

and we added the gingerbread houses the kids made.They did well. My son was joking and put his green gumdrops in the rear of his gingerbread house. He said they are Leland Cypress--what a clown he is. You see, if you read my posts over the Summer you would know my son planted 38 Leland Cypress bushes around our house! So now his gingerbread house has them too :)

Time to get cooking! I spent yesterday doing prep work for my guests for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. This morning I willdo some more before everyone gets up! Then my husband Bill and I are going to do some Christmas shopping for the kids while they stay at Grandma's for a bit.
Yesterday I prepared stuffed shells, meatballs, italian spinach bread, mini cheesecakes, cupcakes and a zucchini casserole! Still have a lot more to do though! We are big eaters here  :)   Have a great day!