Christmas Images 2020

Christmas 2020 has certain challenges due to Covid. Frank and I would have nobody in our home due to social distancing, but we were determined to still decorate for ourselves. Frank urged me to take  photos so here they are. Maybe you, too, can enjoy them – vicariously. To be different from other years, I will group the photos by theme rather than by rooms.

WREATHS: The wreath has significant meaning for the season. It's circular shape represents eternity, for it has no beginning and no end. We have a wreath on our front door, next to our front door, and in our kitchen nook with the two bears representing Frank and me. Every year, as a special gift to me, Frank deploys the lighted wreaths in the windows of our home just as my dad would set them out in the windows of my childhood home. They give off a soft glow. The two bright dots that can be seen directly above our house in the distance nighttime photo are Jupiter and Saturn, which can be seen only once every 400 years. They are special for this Christmas.

NATIVITIES: This year I set out two painted wood ones and a molded rubber one from Avon, dated back to 1993 and called KIDS First Nativity Collection. The donkey from this one has a peg leg because Alex fed him to the bunny who nibbled off his molded one.

                

SNOWMEN: Ever year since the Christmas Dan and Robin gifted us with the almost life size snowman and snowlady Dan brought home from a craft store window in San Luis Obispo, snow people have been a staple in our home at Christmas. So have the knitted vintage stockings seen to the right of the snowman.

HOUSES: Frank has glitter houses as memories from his childhood, he built replicas from his erector sets, and I collected the tins that came with candy.

CHRISTMAS TREES & GARLANDS: We have an artificial evergreen that I decorated with oversize C9 bulbs this year and metal signs. We put a white tree on the back deck to be viewed from the kitchen. Garlands on the staircase and railings are trimmed with stuffed ornaments.

GOTTA HAVE BLING: Suspended from the tree out front, hung from the chandelier, strung across picture frames, set next to chairs, hooked on candle holders, or sewn on velvety pillows, bling adds sparkle to Christmas.

QUILTS & THROWS:  Grinch, Christmas Cars, Simple Gifts, and a Disney throw are laid out on the furniture. Whirligiggles is draped over the railing. Other table toppers are scattered about, and a memento for my brother is hanging on the wall.

LIGHTS: C9s line the back deck roofline, white lights twinkle on the twiggy tree, and a white mini-lights string glows within a star on the bathroom counter.

 

GAMES: & FUN: There is a fun array of items: a hotline to Santa, Christmas Checkers, music and singing reminders, zebras – yes, zebras (lyrics and song at this link), a set-up for relaxing, some puzzles to do this season, and a puzzle in progress.

REJOICE: We may be apart but we can still commemorate and celebrate. May your days be merry and bright.