One of my first Christmas collections was Santa's. The forth one down was my first Santa and is still my families favorite because they remember it from their early childhood. A few years ago I decided to scale down some of my Christmas decorations and got rid of some of the Santa's I just kept the ones that either had the most meaning for me or were the ones I liked the best. I don't collect them anymore, I moved on to Snowmen which I will show in another post. 
I always bring out my Christmas books at this time of year. The Quilter's Holiday is a new one. I just finished reading Winter in Thrush Green by Miss. Read. I have 3 other Christmas books by her. Last year I discovered I really liked Anne Perry's books, they are mysteries set in Scotland, not in modern times. If you click on the picture it enlarges and you can see what the titles are. I'm doing a lot of reading and not watching much tv. Because it's cold at night and I'm trying to save on heating I'm taking my book and going to bed early some nights to read and stay warm. It has been really cold here, but no snow. I had enough snow last year to last me for a long time.
Ever year I have a theme for my tree. Last year I did children's books. I knew that I was going to do Christmas cards this year. I save all the cute ones. I decided to do a small tree this year instead of my usual large tree, not up to wrestling with it. So when I looked at my cards I thought these vintage cards that came out of my childhood scrapbook would be cute together with the bubble lights. I like that way it turned out. It's missing tinsel, and the trees were not so full, of course this is a fake one. I've done theme trees for the last several years. One year I did a starry nights theme and also had a small tree that year on a table. I put the manger under it and the decorations were all stars and balls in silver, blue and purples. One year I did a candy cane tree. I love red and white. I hung real candy canes all over it and red and white stripped ornaments. I've done a snow man tree and a tree with toys all over it, and an Americana tree. I don't know what next year will be, maybe Santa's. My idea to do tussy mussies didn't work out. Maybe another year, I just didn't have the right stuff and I didn't want to buy anything. I'm trying to use what I have.
Since I discovered Harney & Sons Holiday Tea I have had to get it every Christmas, so this has become one of my traditions. It is a lovely chore because the knit and tea shop I get it at is so lovely. I had to use restraint not to buy yarn because they have really nice yarn. The shop was busy with people knitting and shopping. I saw some buttons that would be wonderful for my shawl when I finish it. It is certainly a place that is inspiring for tea and knitting.
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