Christmas Time Is Here

Christmas in in full swing here at my house!

I began decorating the weekend before Thanksgiving because I was out of town for Thanksgiving/the weekend. One of my favorite Holiday traditions includes watching Hallmark Channel Christmas movies, in the living room, with with the Christmas lights aglow. I absolutely love this time of year!

The idea for a Mickey front door wreath came from a Disney message board several years ago.

Two of my favorite sets are by my front door – my grandmother’s nativity and my little Disney village.

Christmas villages were always a thing with my grandmother and I know she would have loved this one!

Breakfast nook – the reindeer on the table is also a decoration that belonged to my grandmother.

I decided to decorate two trees this year. The tree show in my dining room is a 6 ft tree and it belonged to my grandmother. After she passed away, my grandfather gave all of her Christmas decorations to me. With his passing this year, I thought it seemed fit to put their tree up once again.

This tree is decorated with red/green ornaments I had on hand and there’s only one “hidden Mickey” on this tree. :0)

Dining room place setting, Winterberry by Pfaltzgraff – given as a Christmas gift from my parents several years ago. 

Disney snow globes from JC Penney, a collection from Black Friday mornings since 2000. Currently, I’m missing two – back in the “early” days of 2000/2001, there was an assortment of globes handed out. Apart from Pooh and Piglet, Tigger was also given out…and apart from Mickey holding a wreath, Minnie Mouse holding mistletoe was also given out.  For some reason, I’m thinking there were three globes handed out in 2000, but I cant remember which other globe was given out with Pooh/Piglet and Tigger. I’m thinking it was not a 100 Acre Woods character?

In order to (mostly) complete my collection, I was missing a 2012 snow globe (JC Penney didn’t give out snow globes in 2012). They saw a snow globe tweet of mine and asked for my address – within days, a 2012 snow globe had arrived at my door direct from JC Penney! I was stoked!

(Pam, I got it!! Yay!)

My puppies wondered what all the fuss was about! It’s Christmas time, girls!!

Last but definitely not least, the tree!

Our tree is filled with Hallmark ornaments, ornaments from trips we’ve travelled together, and ornaments that hold special memories or meaning.

I have so many favorite ornaments, I can’t pick just one (but my runDisney ornaments definitely rank high on the list)!

What’s your favorite part of the holidays? Do you have a special decoration or ornament that holds special meaning?