Our 2010 Christmas Home…only slightly belated

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I feel like this has been the craziest fall and holiday season to date.  So much so, that I’ve just now gotten all of the Christmas décor out how I like it.  BAH!  Crazy town around here people.  CRAZY town!
So, here’s our tree this year.

The first year with the ribbon.  I’m liking it.  Adds a lot more color to the tree during the day time and at night the lights glow beneath it.
 
Pretty pretty.

We’re all about the eclectic tree (see here).  A few new fun ornaments this year:
From Grandma “Bob” & Papa Terry that live WAY out in Arizona.  Where there’s NO snow.  Or sleet.  But lots of these…

So sparkly and shiny.
Auntie Deb (Dibbie) and Uncle Charley, who also live in AZ, sent us these little guys for my little guys…

They are in heaven about this addition to our tree.

And the cutest part?  These particular Star Wars characters just happened to be this year’s Halloween costumes too!  Thank you Hallmark…and Auntie Deb!

And the cutest one this year…

This is Braden’s Hallmark series.  I did the same thing for Lanham, but it was a different number series then.  B-boy will get his last one next year.  <sniffle>

Remember my 4 vs. 3 candle dilemma?  Well, I kept the 4 and changed the candles to red for the holidays since they’re right next to the tree.

And I added Frosty and a few leftover ornaments to my GW tray as well. 

The mantel changed a bit this year.  My hydrangea was not nearly as prolific this year and I didn’t have any dried flowers to work with like last year.

I picked up some new stockings at Target’s awesome after Christmas clearance last year.  I’m pretty sure they were only a few bucks each.  Target is a bargain hunters dream the day after Christmas, btw.

 

Since I wasn’t able to do my hydrangea piece again this year, I scattered some of my stringed beads from last years Christmas tree for some extra color.

 

Oh and I changed out some of the floral bits of my recent mantel redo. 

And last, but not least, our Christmas home would not be complete without my favorite tattle telling pal, Hermie the Elf.

Elf on the Shelf that is.

If you don’t have one of these and you have small kiddos running around your house, you MUST get one.  It’s fun.  It slightly devious.  It’s really really fun!

Hope you’re all enjoying all of the holiday madness!

 
Don’t forget to check out the other wonderful holiday homes at:
The Nester
Kelly’s Korner

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