{"id":2075,"date":"2012-01-01T16:51:16","date_gmt":"2012-01-01T21:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=2075"},"modified":"2012-01-01T19:06:27","modified_gmt":"2012-01-02T00:06:27","slug":"til-next-year-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/til-next-year-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"til’ next year ~ christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another thing on my to-do list for December was to give a little holiday house tour on the blog.\u00a0 So… 15 minutes before the start of our New Year’s Eve party I zipped around the house & captured a few shots of our festive\u00a0 abode.<\/p>\n

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One of the many things I love about the Christmas season is the cozy ambiance it creates in our home.\u00a0 All the extra lights & baubles just makes me happy.<\/p>\n

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I grew up in a house where my mom was serious about decorating for the holidays.\u00a0 Every year she put up 3\u00a0 fully decked out trees in 3 different themes… including a flocked tree, trimmed in pink lights & full of crystal ornaments (you’d think Liberace<\/a> was coming to visit :-).\u00a0 All the trees were artificial & she spent many hours transforming the house into a Christmas wonderland.<\/p>\n

I don’t quite have that zest for seasonal decoration… maybe because I get my taste of it at catching fireflies each year<\/em> so we keep things simple by putting up a fraser fir by mid December & filling it with a variety of\u00a0 quirky & sentimental ornaments.\u00a0 One thing I did grab from my mom was the giant old fashioned strings of lights we used to use on our outside evergreens.\u00a0 I love their bright glow & nostalgic look.<\/p>\n

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Since we have Tessa living with us this year, we got to add a 3rd stocking to our line up:-)<\/p>\n

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The oh-so-talented & super sweet Susan Kozlowski of Big Me Little World<\/a> gave me the cutest nativity scene ever last year & it’s become one of my absolute Christmas favorites.<\/p>\n

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This is another one of her imaginative creations.\u00a0 Can you believe the scene shell is created from a re-purposed 2 liter bottom?\u00a0 I\u00a0 love how there is a little spot to insert a light.<\/p>\n

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This wintery mantel scape will survive through mid February… I mean it really hasn’t even snowed in Michigan yet!<\/p>\n

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Even though the glow of the tree won’t return for another 11 months, I’m fortunate enough to be able to turn up the fire & cuddle with Tuesday during the upcoming cold months.<\/p>\n

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