Every year Doug and I (mostly I) come up for a new theme for the big family tree in the den. We usually work on this at least one year in advance. When we found out last year that there would be two new babies in the family, we scratched the theme we had originally planned (nutcrackers) for a new one. Babies and Santa's just seem to go together. We were in agreement that nutcrackers were out and Santa's were in.
(This year, we h
ave already decided that "teddy bears" will be our big theme next year. )
ave already decided that "teddy bears" will be our big theme next year. )After we come up with a plan the next step in finding a pattern that works for both of us to decorate the tree with. We looked at all shapes and sizes of Santa patterns before we finally decided that the close up of the face would be best for the tree we had in mind.
One day earlier this fall, I had two of my daughter-in-laws out shopping with 
me and I ran across some glass Santa faces that I thought would go good with our wooden ones. We started picking out different sized faces for everyone in the family. Grandmother, Doug and I got the biggest ones. The six adult( are they really) kids got the medium sized Santa faces and the wee ones got the smallest. Then Kari, the artsy daughter-in-law wrote our names on all the Santa hats.
me and I ran across some glass Santa faces that I thought would go good with our wooden ones. We started picking out different sized faces for everyone in the family. Grandmother, Doug and I got the biggest ones. The six adult( are they really) kids got the medium sized Santa faces and the wee ones got the smallest. Then Kari, the artsy daughter-in-law wrote our names on all the Santa hats. Next project for the tree was the Ho Ho Ho's. I had seen some at a craft store but really didn't want to pay the price for them.
Doug, the ever agreeing husband, promised he could cut those out and might even have a pattern for them at home. He did and a bunch of ho ho ho's later, that pretty much finished off the Santa tree.
Doug, the ever agreeing husband, promised he could cut those out and might even have a pattern for them at home. He did and a bunch of ho ho ho's later, that pretty much finished off the Santa tree.I hope you have enjoyed looking at all the trees. They are not magazine quality, I know. They are however a labor of love and enjoyment. Doug and I love to have people in our home during the holidays and they enjoy the walk to check the trees out so it is worth it to us.
Remember, it isn't the perfection in the tree or the holiday decorations that count during the Christmas holidays...it is the warm and giving heart that really counts.
Hope you and yours have a wonderful holiday season. Take time to enjoy it with loved ones and remember to be a little generous with those less fortunate.
Make this a holiday to remember.
Hope you have had "happy looking,
Vera
aka The Christmas Tree Lady
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