[briena]

What are 12 of your favorite decorations/ decorating traditions or things you decorate the same every year?

[ootpik51]

1. Christmas tree
2. Nativity
3. Lighted Santa Pole
4. Crystal mistletoe
5. Garland with lights on our banister
6. Twinkle lights in our tree outside
7. Porcelain Father Christmas
8. Sleigh full of gifts
9. Front door wreath
10. Lighted snowman Made of wicker
11. Candles
12. Christmas card holder shaped as a wreath

[briena]

1.) This tigger in a stocking ornament we have. You take one light out of the string of lights, and plug him in there and he bobs up and down out of the stocking.
2.) these glittery gold wicker stars I have on my tree. I love them!
3.) The kids ornaments. (they get a new one every year)
4.) The star that goes on top of my white tree.
5.) We have this 11 foot blow up train that we put up out front every year. I love it!
6.) I always put out the framed pictures of the kids on Santa's lap. LOVE them.
7.) This wooden Santa that I have that counts down the days till Christmas.
8.) I always wrap green fake tree looking garland around the railing coming down the stairs.
9.) We have Santa hats/ elf slippers that I put on the tree skirt for the kids to play with.
10.) This glass ornament that we have. It has 5 puppies on it, each in their own stocking. There is a name on each hat. (Steph, Addyson, Dakota, Gauge, Brie) a family friend made it for us, and sent it to us two years ago. I love it!
11.) I have a mini silver tree that I set up on the table. It has built in lights and everything and its lit up for our turkey dinner. So pretty!
12.) I have lots of mini decorative trees all over the house, all different sizes/ types of materials and colors.

[kimmiejo]

1. real tree
2. the little fakes trees we have all over
3. greens on the mantels
4. wreaths on windows
5. wreath on the door
6. my Snowman cookie jar
7. candles
8. glass ornaments
7. paper chains that Sydney made for the tree in the playroom
8. gingerbread house, decorative and not for eating lol
9. felt Happy Holiday banner I hang in the kitchen window
10. advent calander
11. wooden sleigh I use outside
12. Merry Christmas metal sign I use in our living room above the fireplace

[linbein]

1. the angel on our big tree. DH and I have had her for years, and her lights still work.
2. greenery wrapped around the bannisters with gold bows
3. I have a really cute centerpiece on my dining room table, is a gold wire rack for a few decorative dishes/plates. I always put it out, but this year, one of my plates got broke. So it has an empty spot.
4. Snowmen on the entryway table.
5. Fake snow on the entryway table.
6. wreath on the door
7. LOVE my LED tree for the front yard.
8. My aunt loved Christmas, and had a ton of decorations. Now that she is gone, some of my prize decorations are now ones I got from her. (little brass reindeer, snowmen, etc).
9. Mantle is full of little Christmas candles.
10. poinsettias on top of the cabinets in the kitchen
11. little trees in the girls' rooms
12. little pillow/door hangers on all the doors downstairs. I kinda collected them for a while, all kinds of Christmas themes, snowmen, reindeer, etc.