Talking Christmas.
When my children were little, I let them help with a lot of the decorating. Besides the Charlie Brown tree, we always had a manger scene and a little village to set up under the tree. There were little plastic elves under the tree around the village. They were constantly re-arranging the village and the elves. Then of course the advent calendar. That was our custom. I know that many of you have your own customs. It is great for the children to take part in so they can carry on traditions. I love the elf on the shelf from Hallmark idea. I bought a bigger elf who could bend and sit on lampshade, could hang from chandeliers, be upside down on the fireplace and always somewhere where you might think he was causing mischief. We called him Mr. Elf. This was for my great grandson who was living with us. Then when he moved, of course Mr. Elf went to Michigan. We have had several Mr. Elf's as children visit for the holidays. I saw a beautiful one at Dillards yesterday. I am thinking I should just go get it. Remember, if you love it, buy it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Another tradition was that I bought each child a collectable ornament to keep for when they had their own tree. To this day I do it and for my grandchildren and great grandchildren. They are always special ornaments. I try and buy them after Christmas each year and save them for the next year.
An old tradition was to go as a family and pick out a fresh green tree. Now everyone has artificial trees, or almost everyone. Here, fresh ones just don't last long. Lucky are those of you who live in the north and can get beautiful trees. The smell of them is Christmas.
Tomorrow, how to decorate an artificial tree to make it outstanding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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