Christmas 2020

 Past Christmas Posts

 

Christmas 2018 & 2019

        Yikes! Christmas 2016 was the last Christmas I shared! Here is a flashback to Christmas 2018 and 2019. Sorry if the pictures seem a bit blurry and yellow. I copied them from my hubby's Facebook album and some quality was lost in the process.

Christmas 2014

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Our Basset Hound, Winston

Our niece and nephew on my hubby's side. We enjoyed having them over for their 8th annual Christmas sleep over. We play games and do crafts. It's a fun time for everyone.

2019 Christmas selfie

Outside: My hubby's pride and joy. Every year he adds more to his yard display.

Christmas 2015 yard display

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hard at work

 niece and nephew

niece and nephew

 

The reason for the season

Merry Christmas 2016

Check out last year's --->>> Christmas 2015

2016 Christmas tree. We made a few edits from last year. 

 

 Our rustic start tree topper from Target. I decided to put sparkling tree picks  and snowflakes at the top of our tree this year. It reminds me of glistening snow covered forest trees and falling snowflakes.

Burlap tree skirt and sparkling gift boxes

I added a string of pearls beads over my burlap garland. 

 

Shimmery, "Let it snow" sign. 

 We eliminated the blue decor this year. We added a set of champagne color ornaments.

 I weaved burlap and pearls in the mantle garland. 

 Our new nativity set from Kirklands

Mantel

 New rug! We finally purchased our first large area rug. I already prepared my heart and mind for dog stains and muddy paw prints. Next, new sofas, but with three dogs it's hard finding a fabric and style my dogs wont mess up. I love our new Target curtains we purchased a few months ago with our Christmas decor.

 Winston living the spoiled life.

 Dining room tree, Christmas village and red Santa from hubby's childhood.

 Dining room

 Our entryway. The gold Santa is from hubby's childhood. We have several throughout the house. 

A little glimpse into our 2016 Thanksgiving.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Newmans!

Christmas Cards

     This year I put our Christmas cards in the garland on our mantle. I really love this! 

Christmas 2015

    I can't believe it's Christmas time already! It feels like I was just fluffing the trees yesterday, and here we are again! I must confess, I stole these pictures from hubby's facebook album.  :-) Almost everything is from Kirklands unless otherwise stated.

Check out last year -->>> Christmas 2014

 Half our tree lights went out so we had to wrap a few of our own. Our next tree will not come with lights! I don't like stressing over whether or not the lights will work  year to year. I rather wrap my own lights. :-) We kept our burlap from last year, I tied a few bows this time. 

 Blurry candid pics

 Blurry candid pics

Blurry candid pics

Our DIY ribbon bow topper I made several years ago. I  removed the hanging ribbon, since I added burlap bows. I also used sparkly picks to help stabilize the topper and add drama. Hubby and I love "Rustic Glam" which mixes rustic touches with sparkle and glitz.

 Our dining room tree. My Mother-In-Law gave hubby a few of her Santas, which hubby happily incorporated. They hold lots of memories for him.

 dining room tree

  dining room tree

 dining room tree

 

Thanksgiving! I used a cheap burlap runner from Walmart (as usual) so my nice burlap runner doesn't get stained while everyone is eating ;-)  And we extended our table so we all fit nicely. It's a littler weird having the Christmas decor up for Thanksgiving, but it's my family tradition :-) 

 Nephew on Thanksgiving

 Hubby and nephew

For hubby's 30th birthday this year, his mom bought him a Christmas Village set. This has been his dream forever! And so it begins! 

Large sparkly Santa from Kirklands looking over our little town :-)

I love this new addition - rustic wood sign from Kirklands! 

Hubby and our nephew on Thanksgiving.

The catch all entry way :-P All the little knickknacks end up on this table.

Our mantle.  I wrapped our tiny trees with leftover burlap and added a flower pick on the top - kept it simple. 

 The evenings are nice <3

Jesus is the reason for the season. 

Hubby's favorite Santa from his childhood. This is one of the ones his mom passed along to us.

 Tiny Village in our TV console cubby. Hubby and I are most excited about this!

 In another cubby we put hubby's childhood manger scene with an under cabinet light.

In the breakfast room we have a ginger bread village.

Love our tree! I'm thinking about adding lace on top of the burlap to match the tree skirt and a few white snowflakes to bring in the white throughout the house. Maybe next year!

It looks like we need one more wrap of burlap at the bottom, but it's an optical illusion. I've checked several times because of this picture lol

 Front yard! Eventually we want to wrap the trees.

 

 Growing slowly. This year we wrapped the yard in lights. Next year hubby wants to tackle the trees and fence. 

 Gotta represent the meaning of the season! 

 Hubby's trees and gifts! A few garden picks in the background.

 Merry Christmas!!

Love,

 The Newmans