I feel kinda like the abominable snowman shown above after dragging my dead Christmas tree out of the house today. Not to sound like a total downer but it  felt like such a wierd Christmas to me.  I never quite got the feeling like it was a holiday.  Now the dreaded task of putting all the decorations away. I usually have that done by now but I have been in slow motion. 

My daughters drew the drawing of the snowman on our chalk board wall, just love him I think he will have to stay around for a while longer!!

I took these photos yesterday morning before I started pulling everything off of the very dry dead tree.

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My husband actually made the egg ornament above with the wise men when he was just a boy.  I love handmade ornaments they are always my favoite!

The gingerbread man was made by one of my girls in preschool. 

I bought the vintage angel topper at an antique shop in SFO twenty years ago. She reminded me of the topper my Mother had used on our tree while growing up.

 

I still use my paper ladies that I made in Lesley Riley's class years ago.They are photos of my Mother and my Grandmother as little girls.

Comments

[Alice]

I just love your beautiful vintage ornaments! My dad threw all of his away because he didn't know the value of them, especially how precious they would be to us girls. My heart aches at the thought of them being crushed by some giant machine.

It didn't seem like Christmas to me either--both with the warm weather, and that for the first time in my life, my beloved mother was not there to celebrate with us. Hopefully next year will be better.

Love that abominable snowman chalk drawing! So cute!