Holiday Cheer

The time is near for holiday cheer. For us to say thanks to those that are dear. Though we may travel, from shore to shore, to spend the coming days with those we adore. We should never forget those that have less, for it is they who remind us that we are truly blessed.

So it is the holiday season, and if you celebrate Christmas then you more than likely have some sort of traditions.  In our house we collect Christmas ornaments from the places we travel too.  I wanted to share some of them with you.  It is so nice to decorate the tree and reminisce when we see the different balls.  This is not all the decorations but a nice smattering. Enjoy!

Charles DickensA Christmas Carol
But I am sure that I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round… as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely.

Dr. Seuss
And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled ’till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store? What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more?

LauralovingLife

Wine bottle and glass (represents my love of wine) a gift from one of my dear friends!
Wine bottle and glass (represents my love of wine) a gift from one of my dear friends!
Pilsner Beer Stien (has the 19th hole on it) the name of our boat and For Stephan's love of golf!
Pilsner Beer Stein (The 19th hole) the name of our boat & For Stephan’s love of golf! 

The tree (9ft tree) new to us this year, so tall we could not get the angel on the top!
The tree (9ft tree) new to us this year, so tall we could not get the angel on the top!
Turks and Caicos
Turks and Caicos
The real 12 days of Christmas!
The real 12 days of Christmas!
Mount Rushmore
Mount Rushmore
Custer State Park
Custer State Park
St Louis Arch
St Louis Arch 

The Great Smoky Mountains
The Great Smoky Mountains

 

Graceland Memphis Tenn
Graceland Memphis Tenn

 

Niagara Falls Canada
Niagara Falls Canada
Love the Christmas Story!
Love the Christmas Story!
Titanic Museum (this was a treat)
Titanic Museum (this was a treat)
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I have a little village that I have been putting out for about more than 10 years
I have a little village that I have displayed for more than 10 years

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