When Christmas Comes To Town!

My poor little guy has been dying that we don't have our tree up or Christmas decorations out yet, so I decided I needed to get out at least a few things.  Our carpet is supposed to be in next week sometime {which is freaking me out because we are behind schedule now with the things we needed to get done around here first before it comes! {~gulp~} so once that is in we can get everything put back into place and get the tree out finally!

So in the meantime, here are a few things we have brought out to try and bring a little Christmas cheer to the remodeling mayhem, I mean, um, house:

These fresh evergreens were saved from the big storm cleanup.  They were smelling so festive and delicious that I stowed a few away in the car to bring home.  My little guy thinks the tall one looks like a tall tree, so we decided to use it like one and placed one of our nativity sets underneath it.
 

I created this little vignette for the piano:

The quote in the frame is a printable from Dear Lillie.

I also gussied up the light in the kitchen a bit:

The Santa hats and the bells for the doors

that I showed last year are out again too.

Last year I had decided to switch the Christmas decor to a chocolate, green and cream color scheme.  In fact, I even picked up a bunch of things for it on clearance after the holiday but I honestly just can't help myself ... I love the traditional reds and greens!  Plus I think the kids might revolt if I got rid of the door bells or Santa hats.  They love them!  Maybe next year, when I'm not in the thick of remodeling,  I will put the chocolatey stuff to use in a different part of the house!

Merry Christmas

from our house to yours! 

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