I'm tryin' something new tho this year. Not putting on the garland/beads. Maybe the tree won't look so overdressed.
Also got the mantle done. Sort of by accident we started a Santa collection a few years back. This year I spread it on over to the cabinet the TV is on.
But this year we also added our favorite. It's hard to describe...but...(when has that stopped me before).
For years (literally 20 or so) this gentleman at our church played the lead in our productions. He was always the Apostle Peter at Easter and Santa (and various other characters) at Christmas. A few years back, when we did our Richmond in the 40s show he was a police officer (if you followed the plot he was also an angel). I was actually his understudy for that show. He died a couple of years ago (he was only in his 50s).
Anyway this year I found the perfect Santa. It's a police officer Santa. But the amazing thing was, I saw it in the store and just stared at it. It was if they had used Bill as a model. It has a place of honor on the mantle.
Aw... Corin's got a sentimental side...
My mother has a caroller collection. We split them between the mantel and the bay window. She has one to represent each of us, plus extras.
Evening Corin, know what you mean about the tree with just the lights, kinda magical almost.
Each year we say that there has to be some way of storing the tree, assembled, with all the lights in place.
That's wonderful about your policeman Santa.I began my St. Nick collection with a handmade old world Father Christmas, wearing a light blue coat. Come to think of it, it kinda reminds me of Gandalf, now. I got him, though, cause he looked for all the world like my Daddy, who had been dead 10 yrs. that Christmas. It's still my favorite.