Holiday Home Tour - Take 1

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas . . . .

All the Christmas decorations are up and the tree is in place. It's not quite decorated, but that will be done tomorrow night. Christmas music is being played while we sip hot chocolate. I just love this time of the year. I have definitely passed my love for Christmas down to Jackson. Every morning he wants to hunt for his elf Jackle and hang a bell on his advent calendar.


This is the advent calendar that I passed down to Jackson. My mom made it for me when I was a wee little girl.


At bedtime, we are reading only Christmas stories, and in the car we are listening only to Chipmunk's Christmas CD - thanks again for that one Dee Dee! (I guess it is payback for all the times I made her listen to it!)

Jackson has had a lot to say about Christmas:
"Is it Christmas yet?"
"Where is that elf? How did he get there, momma?"
"Let's count the bells until Christmas."
"Hey, what is Jesus getting from Santa?"
"Happy birthday dear Jesus, Happy Birthday to you!"
"Mom, what are those big socks?"
"Thank you for putting a tree in my room. It's beautiful"
"We need to buy a chimney for Santa."

Anywhoo, we all love Christmas around here and are excited about celebrating it all month long. On to the rest of the decorations - what this post is supposed to be about.

Every year I try to get a new picture frame for Jackson's last year Christmas picture. I guess I might have to stop this some time, I don't have that big of a house.


I don't have a place to display my beautiful but fragile nativity scene, so I have this one out. Jackson loves it and plays "baby Jesus" all the time.


Since we don't have a fireplace mantel, our stockings are hung with care on our stairwell.


This is sitting on my coffee table. Jackson loves putting all kinds of treasures in the two glass vases.


Next up, the outside decorations.