each year we get our christmas things out of the attic (usually i am standing in the garage looking up those scary stairs asking andy how many more boxes and andy is crawling around tossing things down to me). each year we unpack our boxes and i delight in seeing our christmas decorations. a lot of them were gifts from other people, a lot of them are from yard sales and thrift shops, and a lot of them are things that we have bought and collected over the years. as we get our stuff out we decide each year where to put things. it isn’t like my grandmother’s house where everything has a place and that is the place that is goes year after year. at our house our tradition is to put things out where we want to and that differs each year – except 2 things. we have 2 decorations that have a place each year and it is the same place.
the first is this jim shore angel. each year it sits on our mantle to remind us of the birth of Jesus. This was the first wedding gift (from a non-family member) that we got. we opened it and just looked at it. we weren’t in love with it but we liked it. we put it with our Christmas stuff and just a few months later as we were unpacking it we both stared at it in awe and just loved it. this year it was one of the first things to be set into place.
there it is sitting on the left of the mantle about our stockings that were also a wedding gift (from andy’s mom).
the other decoration was the first gift that we received together as a couple. we were working at j.h. gunn elementary school and one of the ladies in the office gave us a Christmas gift. we call him mistletoes and he hangs in our foyer each year.
this is our little guy. it is a red velvet bag with plastic mistletoe and glass feet sticking out the bottom. he makes both of us laugh.
we love all of our Christmas decorations and each year we enjoy putting our stuff out to enjoy during the Christmas season. i hope to have a tree picture tomorrow.
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