Yes, I am one of those people that puts my Christmas decorations up early... and I love it!
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| Venice, Italy | Sedona, Arizona | Scotland |
This past Saturday I bought Lindt peppermint cookie truffles, put on this Youtube Instrumental Christmas music and and put up my Christmas decorations.
I have been collecting ornaments for 20 years! I have them from all over the United States and the world. Some years like 2022 I collected 7 ornaments and some years like 2008 I collected none. The rest of the years, have least one ornament. Some places like New York City I have multiple ornaments! There is the MET, Empire State Building and St. John's Cathedral all from New York City.
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| Amsterdam, Netherlands | New York City | Winter Park, Colorado and Jackson Hole, Wyoming |
This year I hung them on lights that go around my room. It is so fun to see the ornament and remember the trip when I got it. There are some homemade ornaments too and those that friends bought me.
These are very special ones.
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| I sent this to my parents when I was living in Idaho in 1994 | I got this beautiful angel on the Masai Mara in Kenya, Africa | I made this tree this summer during my stained glass class |
Here is a look at all of the ornaments before I hung them.
In addition to the ornaments I have some Santas (my mom collected them and I inherited them) and nativities (that I have collected from all over the world too).
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What a wonderful time of year when we get to decorate our space, turn on lights, eat peppermint bark, listen to great music and remember Christ and his gift to us.