Christmas decorating 2020

Decorating has happened much more quickly this year.  No one had a job, and Andrew wasn't traveling with his parents.  That means everyone was around to help, and I absolutely let them.  There are only a few more things that need to get put out.  For everyone, our favorite part was decorating the tree with all of the ornaments.  I am so grateful that everyone else enjoys and cherishes as much as I do.  

I've realized, our house does not have any kind of specific them in decorating.  What I do have though, is memories.  So many memories are in all of our decorations.  We have the ceramic Christmas village that was painted by Andrew's grandmother.  Catherine was thrilled to put that together.  We also have a couple of ceramic houses painted by my paternal grandmother.  We had to find a new home for them because they could no longer go with the Dickens houses.  We have added to that village from houses that belonged to my maternal grandmother.  We each have a house, and that is all that fits where I put them.  There are many other decorations painted by Andrew's grandmother, and so many photos that I put out each year.  There are many decorations that are gifts from my grandmother and my aunt & uncle..  I love how cozy our house feels as I am surrounded by so many lovely memories!