Vintage Christmas Monday

Hello and welcome to Vintage Christmas Monday hosted by Joan at Anything Goes Here... Please visit the other blogs posted on her blog to see inspirational Christmas displays.

Welcome to my home this week...



Our tree is always in the family room... we put this addition on in 1992. Then we had teenagers and we needed a television room. Our home was built in 1860 so it needed a casual room. The ceilings are 12 foot in here so it shows a tree nicely.

One of my favorite things to decorate with at Christmas is boxwood greens and tallow berries.

The tree is decorated with all old ornaments from the Victorian era to some of my husbands mothers ornaments from the 60s.

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My vintage bear collection

The picture is of my father, mother and me...

I have a small tree in the dining room,,,

My father painted the Christhead many years ago and it is my favorite painting of his.

My Christmas bottle brush tree collection

I love sheep...

I am continuing my Birthday til Christmas give away - that is 7 days and 7 gifts with the final gift a Star ( pictured on my last post). Please leave a comment and post the birthday star picture on my side bar and you will be entered in the give away. Thanks so much for all your birthday wishes, you are all so kind thank you, thank you.

This week I am finally in my home and not the shop! I did manage to bring Christmas home finally... not as much as I have in the past but none the less I have some put up. Usually I have fresh greens everywhere but this year got a little hectic with all the events at the shop and no help. Hopefully this next year will bring a better economy and I can hire some help in the shop, but I am not complaining I have enjoyed it all.

My husband does the lights on the tree and he is amazing - it usually takes him a full day and a half to put lights on the tree. He starts on the inside and wraps all the branches - he is so patient unlike me...

I will be going home to Minnesota on Wednesday for Christmas to be with my mother and all my children. I will be posting on White Wednesday and then on the day after Christmas to announce the winners of the birthday giveaway. I want to thank all of you for your kindness and thoughtfulness this past year and wish all of you a blessed Christmas week.

Rebecca