I do my own decorations each Christmas, I currently do not put up as many decorations as I used to growing up, but as far as decorations go the most important decoration is of course our Christmas tree, which sadly enough is the same tree every year as it is store bought from K-mart about 3-4 years ago.

The lights we use are all blue, which my wife and son agree look really cool at night, I can’t recall where we got the lights but they are the kind of lights that have the larger bulbs as opposed to the smaller white ones.

One decoration I love to do each year for Christmas is our outside lights on the front porch which consist of 3 8 foot strands of like garland tree stuff, sorry for the lack of terms, its basically garland but made from fake tree material and has the lights all ready pre-strung on it.

The reason I love doing these particular lights is because it gives my son and I a chance to do something really fun together where he gets to pretty much give all his input and ideas of how things should look and how to do it. Read More »

My favorite Christmas song is Away In a Manger. The version I like the best from the many many remakes of it is John Denver’s version. This song reminds me of my father. Being very into music, and Christmas being his favorite holiday, my father has a large selection of Christmas music.

They are all usually very well known songs but versions from artists that aren’t as main stream. My father played it for me for the first time when I was little; maybe eight or nine. I fell in love with it instantly.

The simplicity of the song impressed me with the fact that there weren’t a lot of sleigh bells and still had such a beautiful melody. The words sounded like something a child would sing before bedtime and although I am no longer a religious person I still find myself humming this song at twenty-three years old. Read More »

The Christmas after my ex husband and I split up I decided I was going to buy all new Christmas decorations. A new tree and everything.

I had previously just used what people had given me so it was not coordinated in way. I decided I was going to do blue because it was my first Christmas alone essentially and being an Elvis fan the song Blue Christmas was on my mind. Read More »

Christmas decorating is probably my most favorite activity of the year. It is by far the most exciting and looked forward to activity of the year. My family decorates our house ourselves.

There are several items that we use from year to year. The tree has been the center of our decorating since before I can remember. We use red tinsel and multi-colored lights spun around the tall green tree that sparkle and glow.

There are multi colored metallic balls that sparkle the lights. Balls or gold, silver, purple, red, blue and green make the tree look like a festive fruit cake. My mother also has a set of antique metallic balls from the 1960s that dot the tree with glee. Read More »