Whoa, day 20 already? I had to look at that number twice. Then, remember that Tamy over at Chasing My Life started Blogmas prior to December 1 this year. So, hopefully, seeing “day 20” in that title didn’t give you too much of a start.
Christmas is still 11 days away, not 5. Still, 11 days! Yikes. Ready? Not in the least over in these parts.
Today’s topic is favorite characters: Snowmen, Angels, Reindeer, and Gnomes. Wouldn’t be the Christmas season without these characters decorating our homes would it? Though gnomes are an old/made new again tradition around here I think. Can’t think of seeing a single gnome outside of maybe some of my grandmother’s old decorations (and I called them elves) even 5 years ago.
Snowmen
The nice thing about snowmen (and women!) is that for me, they are more an all winter long decoration. I usually set out a couple snowpeople my late mother-in-law made after I’ve put all the Christmas decor away. And I don’t set them out for Christmas.
That said, one of my favorite Christmas ornaments is a Hallmark Keepsake Millennium Snowman. Normally, it’d be on my tree.
Funny story regarding snowmen decorations: I used to have a snowman wreath that I’d put on the door after Christmas as well. Or maybe for Christmas but then leave on it because Snowmen said winter to me more than Christmas. And my husband and I would argue all the time about whether that stupid wreath was a Christmas decoration or a winter decoration. He was always wanting to take it down after Christmas.
What do you think…are snowmen winter or Christmas or both?
Of course, everyone’s favorite is definitely Christmas since Frosty is indeed magic because he’s made from Christmas snow.
Angels
These are probably my favorite in the Christmas area and over all. Yet another story, when my husband and I first got together/were married, my late mother-in-law decided I needed to collect something I guess. Maybe I had an angel decoration and she just went with it? Sadly, I’ll never know the reason. However, I have lots of angels that I love thanks to both her and my sister-in-law. Some of them I keep out year-round. 
I do need to put some more of my angels out and about before Christmas. This is another ornament that I usually have on the tree that’s suddenly feeling a bit bare this year.
This last picture I’m sharing is one of my very favorite angels and super special as it was the last one my late mother-in-law (and FIL) bought for me before she passed away. I actually got it the Christmas after she passed. I also happen to love Nativity sets so aside from the sentimentality, that’s also what I love about this one. 
Reindeer and Gnomes
Reindeer aren’t really my thing though of course, I love the Rudolph special each year.
I like the idea of gnomes but they just seem to be everywhere anymore. We do have gnome Christmas sheets on the bed down here and I have my one little gnome my hairdresser gifted me back in 2019, I think. And of course, somewhere I have my late grandmother’s little elves/gnomes, never could decide if they were Christmas or not.
That said, I did enjoy reading about the Nisse in my Christmas Island book that I re-read last week. Here’s an interesting you-tube video I stumbled across explaining them a bit more:
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Which one is your favorite?
P.S.
Did we forget about the jolly fat man? I know a lot of people who collect Santas. Here’s my favorite Santa decoration:
I really need to move that peace sign to its proper Christmas location.
For me, it depends how the snowmen are dressed, what colors they have. If there are no presents in their stick arms, no tiny Christmas trees, no red and green that scream Christmas, then to me they can be just regular winter snowmen. I have one that a family friend made a couple years ago, and he is dressed in light blue and silver so I wait until after Christmas to put him out. I never used to decorate for winter after Christmas, until last year. Now I’m on the hunt for more blue, silver, white decorations I can put out when the Christmas stuff gets packed up.
I used to collect angel Christmas decor, used to love angels. Now the angels I love are not pretty Christmas types, but the darker more powerful beings, so I don’t get my Christmas angels out much anymore. I do still LOVE nativity sets though! I used to collect them and had such a variety of styles. I reduced the collect greatly in the past few years, and this year don’t even have a nativity set out. That makes me sad now that I think about it.
Reindeer are not a big thing for me in Christmas decor although I do have a couple neat looking vintage style ones I got in past couple years.
Gnomes . . . wow, that trend has certainly exploded, hasn’t it?! I do like them (in general, not just Christmas style) but I never thought the trend would last as long as it has so I never started collecting them, and now I’m sort of NOT getting into it just because they are everywhere.
And Santas, ah yes. I have a huge collection of Santas just like I did with nativity sets. I don’t get them out anymore because I just don’t have room for all of them, and the cat likes to bother them. You know, their furry beards or clothes just seem to be cat magnets. lol
You didn’t mention Grinch but I see some people do whole Grinch decor themes for Christmas. It’s neat how much stuff there is now to be able to do that. The original animated Grinch version wasn’t always so commercially popular. I’d almost like to get into collecting Grinch stuff but just like with gnomes, it’s almost TOO popular now.
You sound like me, if something’s popular, then I’m not sure if want it anymore. I did forget about the Grinch. We have whole theme Grinch days at school (the kids love that one). There’s something nice about having a little winter decor out after the holidays but I like to keep it pretty simple as I’m usually glad to have a bit more of an empty house after all the Christmas decorations are put away. Hope you do put out at least one of your Nativity sets. I always put out the one that used to be my moms as well a tiny Precious moments one we got while on our honeymoon.