Christmas 2005 |
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In our household, the Christmas season starts with the cleanup of the Thanksgiving dinner and a Christmas CD of the Boston Pops playing. On Friday morning, we bring in all of the decorations from the garage and then head down to the tree lot for a live tree. We're still purists and don't want a tree that comes in a box and certainly don't want this year's trend of the upside-down tree. With the tree in the stand, Mother joined us and we began the celebration of decorating the house. Such a celebration always involves two bottles of Cold Duck. The decorations will stay up until we return from Maryland. Please read our Christmas Greetings | |||
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The lord of the manor is Peter the Great, or just "Pete." Pete spends the off-season in the upstairs closet as there is just no other place to keep him. | This year's tree | We finally replaced the electric candles and all of the wires with these that are powered by (A LOT) of AA batteries | This carousel was originally designed to be powered by small candles at the base. Now, the ceiling fan drives it at a merry rate |
Lyd has acquired a set of small Santas that fit nicely in the laquered tray on the bar | A larger collection of Santas are on the blanket chest. | Pete and his entourage guard the steps | Margaret gave us this lovely goose and he makes his Christmas debut. |