The annual Christmas
Decoration Fiasco
My husband seems to hate when I summons him to
start dragging out the Christmas decorations every year. It
continually is a mess because we never store them correctly or
in an organized way from the previous year, and they are never in a
convenient place. The Christmas decorations generally end up
behind all of the summer items that were brought into the basement
from outside, so I usually have to set aside an entire day for him
to lug everything up to the main floor where the decorating
begins.
I love Christmas decorations, which doesn’t help
the situation. We have boxes and boxes full, and we’ve only
had our own place to decorate for about four years. I really
don’t know where all of our decorations came from but I love all of
them. I know we inherited some of my grandmother’s Christmas
decorations, which of course are my most cherished. They may
not be the most beautiful Christmas decorations, but they hold
special meaning and many childhood memories so they are displayed
most prominently.
Then there are the decorations that my mother
purchased for us, or that his mother purchased, or even that
friends and extended family purchased. We have a huge amount
of Christmas decorations, but they are always tastefully
displayed.
Now, my mother in law’s house looks like Santa
threw up in it every time Christmas rolls around. She is a
total craft nut, so she has countless Christmas decorations that
are just scattered everywhere around the house. And I mean
everywhere. I don’t think there is one inch in that house
that is not covered in red, green or gold during the holiday
season. There are knitted tissue box covers, toilet seat
covers, wall hangings, quilts; you name it and it is there.
So many Christmas decorations that you can’t even distinguish where
one ends and where another begins. But she loves them, so I
suppose that is all that matters.
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Christmas decorating
ideas
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decoration
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gifts
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Now we have my family. There are barely any
decorations because they muddle the house, and they started
using an artificial tree the past few years, which I do not
particularly like. There are some poinsettias, a few
sprinklings of gold bows and green wreaths but nowhere near the
melange of my mother in laws home. I realize now that
the home my husband and I have created has become a mixture of both
of our backgrounds, merging into the perfect display of
Christmas decorations. This is just the way I would have
wanted too!
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