Holiday Beginnings

Ok, so don't hate me too much here.

Bob and I spent many hours into the wee night

yesterday decorating parts of our store for...

you guessed it

C H R I S T M A S

This year's theme was a Victorian

snowy Christmas.

This actually reminded me of gramma H's

farmhouse, where pinks, silvers and touches

of gold were throughout.

Her furniture was this stained color as well.

Where she would sit on her settee

with either a cup of strong coffee or hot tea

or hot chocolate with marshmallows on a cold 

Winter's night.

If we had a player piano playing 

Jingle Bells or Silent Night,

I would swear I was in gram's parlor right now.

(my mom made the pillow for us)

I think she did an awesome job for being 82!

Although gram was not much of a baker...

she made some of the best holiday fudge.

I have her recipe and make it just before

Christmas each year now. 

She would store it in tins like this.

The cake plate reminded me of the story my dad told

of his brother being the big shot carrying gram's

chocolate cake from the kitchen into the dining room

on a glass plate similar to this..

He was boasting about carrying it....

and plop it all went on the floor.

They had no chocolate cake that night,

and needless to say Uncle Ken

no longer carried the cake again. LOL

A bit of my dad came through too.

S I L E N T    N I G H T

was his favorite carol.

Gram also liked collecting these 40's and 50's Santas.

Not sure who in the family got her collection though

after she passed.

This Santa actually came from an old store

that went out of business where they used him as a display.

He proudly waves to folks walking down the street.

He is a mechanical one and still works....

until he gets overheated, then stops.

Works again when cooled down.

We love him!

Outside looking in at our fireplace.

The stockings are not filled,

but as a child mine were filled with candies,

cookies and treats...not toys.

Oh the memories of Christmas.

I do believe in the 8 years of Christmas store displays,

this is my favorite.

Will have to take night time pictures.

It sure has brought back many wonderful

 childhood memories.

Do you have any Christmas memories

 you would like to share?

This is a part of what we accomplished.

More to come...even a section

we call our Primitive Christmas,

which we will do in a couple of weeks.

We have back to back shows these next two weekends.

Lots and lots of wonderful early prims for our customers.

I will try to take pics as I price things.

Holiday Beginning Blessings To All!

Janice