Bit of a catch up post again! My work is keeping me hopping lately. Sadly, it’s because so many are sick in our area. Both types of flu going around, COVID (thankfully, not as much), and a stomach bug! Ick. Been doubling down on my vitamins and black elderberry syrup. Stay healthy, my friends!
Blogmas Day 10: Advent Calendars
I bought this Advent calendar several years ago on clearance at K-Mart. It’s one of my favorites. Just a simple block countdown. Some years we do chocolate ones and some years I forget until it’s too late. This is an “I forgot until it was too late year.”
I also light a simple flameless candle in the window each week for Advent. Nothing fancy but I like it. You can see my two candles (not lit) behind the plant and small lantern decoration.
Christmas Trees
I love Christmas trees! If we had space, I’d put one in every room. However, we don’t have space. We’ve always had an artificial tree. My dad was a firefighter and so real trees were a fire concern to him. He used to worry very much about my sister’s insistence on a real tree once she moved out. The real trees do smell good but I’m too worried about our cat (and let’s face it, that fire hazard thinking is well soaked into my psyche).
This is the year, I’m trying a simpler approach to my tree decorations. It’s still an ongoing process but the picture above is what we have currently. Here it is lit (please forgive the fuzzy photo):
Ornaments and Favorite Decorations
I’m still so far behind on Christmas decorating that I don’t have much to show in this category yet. Work’s been crazy and I had planned to do more today but once again, I’ve been called in for this afternoon. So it’s a quick glance at my current progress: 
A favorite Christmas mug, they count as decorations right? A coworker gave me this when she was my secret Santa one year and I just love it. Only get it out at Christmas. 
These little candy cane people are in our bathroom. They belonged to my late Aunt Helen and I’ve always loved them. The lantern beside them is new from last weekend. So I have a new favorite beside an old favorite. Funny thing, I just started putting these candy cane people out in the last few years. 
Last one and then, I’m off to try and work on my Happy Homemaker Monday post (yes, it’s Tuesday). This is my Party Lite Nativity. I’ve had it for years, the first big Christmas decoration I bought when my husband and I started together in this house. 
(I’ll have to share a better picture when I have it lit up).
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Hoping I can get a bit back on track with Blogmas for the rest of this week. Be sure and go check out Chasing My Life where Tamy is hosting Blogmas for us with all these great topics. Join in for a day or two, it’s fun!
Decorating is a journey, not a destination. Enjoy the ride 😀 I LOVE your candy cane people. My grams had some similar elf like people. And yes, coffee cups do count, at least in my book. I can’t wait to unpack mine each year. Thank you for reminding me to add my newest favorite decoration, my nativity to my post!
Oh, I like that thought on the decorating. Got called into work again this afternoon (so many out sick!) and now tomorrow morning as well. My grandmother had a little sleeping elf/gnome person as well. Interesting. Oh, I’ll have to go see your new nativity decoration. Hope you’re having a great night.
Your tree and decorations all look nice so far. Sometimes less is more, so if this is all you manage to get done this year, it’s still festively lovely. =)
We had an artificial tree most of my growing up years. Hubby and I had real trees the first several years we were together but switched to artificial because of the hassle and mess of real ones, and I like the stronger branches of artificial trees which hold up heavier ornaments better.
I think I’ve only done 2 advent calendars in my life. One was a very cheap chocolate one several years ago, and now this year I’m doing the Supernatural one an old bloggy friend surprised me with. It’s been fun so far!
Thank you. That’s a nice thought. I’m really hoping to finish decorating this weekend but we’ll see. Advent calendars are fun. I realized after my post that I forget to mention the on-line Advent calendar I did with the kids for many years. Sometimes, I did it by myself. It was on a kid website but sadly they’ve switched to a pay site for some things and the Advent calendar is one of them.