We got our tree today and so far just have lights and garland we will decorate it fully tomorrow. It is a perfect size for the room we use it is tall and skinny and pretty symmetrical.

We did outside at thanksgiving and our elf has been busy too.

ladma, I will...thanks!

Our 2020 tree

More decor for 2020 - the gingerbread white house and Vizcaya (Miami) are pop-up books!

Merry Christmas!

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Here is our tree! I love it because it fits our room perfectly!

I struggled whether to put my tree up this year or not. Decided I wasn't going to let this crappy year win. Grateful for my husband, my friends, our health and our home. I have been collecting ornaments from travels and gifts for the last 22 years. Well, this year I didn't go anywhere exciting, but I still added 2 new ornaments from a mega convenience store/gas station just 15 minutes up the road from me. My 2020 ornaments....the year I travelled to Buc'ee's......twice! :D

Xmas tree - we stay with white, red, gold and lots of birds...

tx, glad you put your tree up. I'm sure you are feeling so much better now that it is up. Lovely tree and you kept your tradition with the 2 new ornaments. I looked the store up, I guess it's quite a place to visit.

Angel 18432 thank you! It really is quite the convenience store. They are famous for having the cleanest restrooms in America! :D

Love buy Ed’s.

Buc- ee’s

@nhb22 I had no idea my gold angel was part of a series :) Love your angels! Do you have any more information about the angel band that our gold angels apparently belong to?

Here is a sample from eBay with information.

Debated whether to put up a tree or not. Glad we did!

I'm so glad you did too, typeandrun. I got my tabletop tree from my office, brought it home and light it up during the day and evening. And like you I am glad I did. It felt so easy to fall into the "don't bother" mindset but making myself get out some decorations and put up the tree actually changed my feelings. I don't want to go through more time feeling negatively, which would only be worsened by skipping the season I love most of all. Taking that first step toward more positivity has happened through the joy and beauty of the Christmas season. It was worth the initial effort..

Looks great typeandrun! I felt the same way but was glad we put ours up, too.

Agree with doing the seasonal decorating even just for us. We omitted the basement because that’s where our bar is and no entertainment where even we will spend time.

Happy Holidays everyone. I wasn’t going to put up a tree this year because we have since downsized & our home is under renovations. Also because of Covid, no gatherings this year. But then I bought a slim tree, put my favorite ornaments on it & I feel much more festive.

@Sharon Perkins Aren't the Vaillancourt santas delightful? I haven't been to the store in years. Judy is my cousin.

I need to get outside at night since we got a foot of snow last weekend and see if I can get a decent shot of the lights I put on the porch.

Beautiful pics everyone!

Beautiful! I just love Christmas trees! Here are a few from our last house. We gave the tree away when we moved. Just too big and heavy for us to tote back and forth.

Kitchen island tree, and a Lynn Haney Santa.

I think this is my favorite Santa.

My one and only Black Friday "go to the mall" experience 30yrs ago.

I added/needlepointed our names (blurred).

My Wisteria deer became a Gardenweb sensation, and is still talked about this season in another Houzz area. LOL

Our last home was in a horse community, so I made 6 wreaths for the front veranda.

allison0704, I love that first picture of your tree. It is stunning! But I really enjoyed the wooden "stockings" that I often see on Etsy. Want to get some myself.

@Allison0704 love your stirrup wreaths! Beautiful nativity, those are hard to find now days!

I heard on our news the sale of real Christmas trees has increased quite a bit this year. Early this week I stopped by the nursery where we bought our tree. Not a single tree was left, and they usually still have a good supply right now.

The local cut your own farms near me were sold out the weekend after Thanksgiving.

I think shes cute anyways.

Wow, ladma, that's really early to be sold out!

Chloe bud, the owner was flabbergasted, he’d never sold out so fast in past years. This particular farm was the set for the cheesy Christmas movie The Spruces and the Pines.

Katrina, she is cute!

I love seeing everyone’s decorations. I didn’t put as many out this year as usual. We put up a real tree and haven’t had one in years. I have about 30 eggs on my tree that were made by my aunt and are very special to me. All the eggs are decorated on the back with pearls, rhinestones, sequins etc.

@Aphaea , thank you. Yes! I purchased the stocking stretchers from several Etsy sellers.

Thank you, KH.

This year our decorations grew. Because. Why not?

Arch, it is stunning!

Loving this thread! Such pretty and special spaces!

Nine years ago we relocated for work as empty nesters and away from kids, siblings/ their families and our Moms. Since we travel back for Christmas, I’ve only put up a tree twice the last 9 years and really only do it cause hubs loves the decorations. However, this year, I WANTED to put up a tree. Not sure why but I think because it has been such a hard year and i just wanted to feel the spirit of the season. We put it up before Thanksgiving. And I think I may be sad to see it come down. Lol. Merry Christmas All!!

ladma, we know someone who went to 6 different places looking for a tree...nothing.

A few snaps of my favorite spaces.

Happy Christmas, all!

Cindy Warren Fialka - My grandmother took part in the Christmas egg fade, She also made round balls adorned with all the jewels. So many that my brother, sister, and I divided the lot. I adore them all!

arch13- Words cannot describe how I feel about your home. I am in love, and would love to see more of the inside of your front door. ;)

The top of the china cabinet in the kitchen. We have candles and warm lights that go on at night for a nice effect.

@nhb22 thank you! I would never have had the patience to deal with all the little figures on the inside as well as all the pearls etc on the outside! She also made the jeweled balls. Did you post yours? Did I miss them?

You can see a couple on this tree from 2008. LOL I did not put them out for the last few years because we downsized our tree to a skinny tree. Currently, we are also in a rental house while building. I plan to put up a big tree when we move into the new house.

I just went to the basement to take a photo of my portion of Christmas balls. I don't know where my eggs are. One is huge and beautiful with The Virgin Mary and baby Jesus! I think my grandmother made it out of a Legg's stocking container. You may be too young to know what those is. LOL

Cute story...I was showing my grandchildren a manger scene and my 4 year old granddaughter exclaimed that baby Jesus was asleep on the COUCH!!!

And that reminds me of another story that involved my niece. She was about 6 or 7 at the time. We were in church and she was drawing on the church bulletin. I asked to see what she had drawn. It was a picture of a tall building that had the letters HI above it. I asked what it meant and she replied "it's the inn where Jesus was born." Holiday Inn. :)

@nhb22 I am not too young to remember L’eggs lol. I’d still love to see your eggs if you find them.Your Christmas balls look reminiscent of mine but whatever they’re covered in (the ball itself) looks a little different. You have a lot more than I do. Baby Jesus asleep on the couch and the Holiday Inn story are precious! I have 28 and 26 year old daughters who aren’t married yet so no grandchildren here. Here are a couple more eggs for good measure. Lol

Cindy Warren Fialka - The Christmas balls are covered in real velvet strips.

Thank you for correcting the name of the stocking containers. I had forgotten they were spelled that way. LOL I think that a lot of crafts were made out of those! Your eggs are very unique.

It will be at least a year before I uncover the rest of my decorations.

I do not have a junk drawer in my kitchen so need for baskets unless they are empty and decorative. I'm a bit of a less is more person. Not quite a minimalist, but I despise clutter.

@smitrovich, beautiful! Love the garlands. Where were they purchased? And the Otomi stockings. Please start a three with more photos of your home... and cat. :D

The guys are going out today to find a tree in the woods. It'll be a little Charlie Brownie, much like this year. We need the love! We're still in the last phase of the last part of the house remodel. It includes the foyer and upstairs bathroom, in the middle of the house! So, I did not decorate this year. I did do this- too much time on ebay!

It kept me busy while we wait, wait and wait more for the plumber.......

What a lot of work goes into those eggs. They are amazing - she must have been

very patient.

I've added to the kitchen island tree with the ornaments from DGD

(she made this one)

and purchased this

From the groomer yesterday.

Cute!!!

My tree