Tag Archive | Christmas Cards

The Christmas Tag! (2015)

Meghan has posed these questions on her blog…

thought I would give them a try with answers from Christmas past and present…

https://gotmeghan.wordpress.com/author/gotmeghan/

What’s your favorite thing about Christmas?…

 

Decorating… people visiting… making cookies  OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

and the remembrance of Jesus… when He came to Earth…

What is your favorite Christmas movie?…

Oh, so many!…

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Christmas in Connecticut

Christmas Vacation

A Christmas Story

Real tree or fake tree?…

Always REAL when young… k0166052  The fake ones REALLY looked fake!…

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Giving presents or receiving them?

LOVE giving presents!…

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finding just “the right” thing… making things… and the wrapping…

I picked  black/white snowflakes paper since my tree was a Snowflake Tree…

I made the following “Tea Cups” for my BUNCO crew…with their name on them filled with a few goodies…

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Do you open your presents Christmas morning or evening?

We celebrate more on Christmas Eve… with our little family which includes Grand Kids…

but, a little something for Christmas morning is wonderful… k5791474

What tops your tree?

Always a STAR was the tradition when growing up and early years with my kids…

Later I have had Big Bows, Santas, Angels and this year Snowflake…  OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

As a kid, what was the one (crazy, wild, extravagant) gift you always asked for but never received?

I loved surprises… and let “Santa” do the picking…

Was always happy… A live pony was probably in the back of my mind … NO!… never received…

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Handmade Christmas cards or bought?

All cards are great!… I like making them on the computer… from my tags for packages to cards sometimes… HOMEMADE has always appealed to me!

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Our nephew who lives in Iowa… always gifts us with his art work on the envelope of the card he sends…

Just beautiful!…

and my card tree holds cards from friends and relatives… even a sweet card from a blogging friend in Cornwall England…

What’s your favorite Christmas food?

Jam Cake, Fruit Cake, Mince Pie, Spumoni Ice Cream… 220px-Spumonipic

need I go on???

Do you have any Christmas Eve traditions?

Since the Grandkids came … we always go to my youngest son/wife’s house…

Dinner with dishes from all attending… games for the kids… games for the adults… Watching the kids is the best!…

A cousin and her husband came from TN for years… but, unable to the last couple of years… we miss them!…

We’ve done the “ugly sweater”… and this year it’s “the funky Christmas socks”… OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA   filled with goodies and exchanged through a game we play…

Always something fun!

Traditions are awesome… make some of your own!

I Have a Lot of Christmas!

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Most of my Christmas items are Thrift Store finds… Usually brand new in their original boxes… and some older… almost antiques…

This cute toy has two fuzzy little reindeer… who prance when turned on by a little switch…

My Daddy and my brother both loved Christmas toys… and I guess I followed their thoughts…

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This is an older piece … a Christmas flowerpot…

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We have our original Nativity that we bought when we got married… but, I also liked this one that I found…

All white porcelain trimmed in gold…

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This little guy is about 2 ft. tall… My niece drew my name at last years BUNCO dinner…

and I received him as my gift… I think he’s adorable!

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This Musical Santa plays many songs… Keeps a great beat to every song on his drums…

My husband can’t resist pushing the button every time he passes…

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My collection of Snowman Candles on my Snowman Plate… I’ll never burn them…

they are way too cute… The one does have a place for a candle… so it can be lit…

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I say “NO MORE CHRISTMAS!”… but, again… I couldn’t resist these three cute Snowman Ornament Photo Holders…

They were brand new… in original box… and cost only $2.00…

They have such details!…

Having 3 Grandchildren… I imagine their pictures will be placed in them…

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I hang Christmas Cards we receive on some wall plaques I have behind the Christmas Tree…Works great!

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I received these three from fellow blogging friends… It made me so happy to get them in the mail and open them!

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I’m trying to use up any ingredients I bought for my cookie making…

so…

I had 4 packages of Apple Cider Muffin Mix…

I divided the 1 can of “More Fruit Apple Pie Filling” I had… between the two batches of bread…

leftover almonds and pecans were divided between them also… and then stirred in a pinch of Ginger and Cinnamon…

Sprinkled with Cinnamon Sugar and baked…

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It made two big loaves… and now, my husband wants to now when we are going to cut one…

although I had plans to keep in case visitors dropped by…

Since it is the Holiday Season... I believe he will get to taste pretty soon… Why not!