Christmas Traditions - Deck the Halls!
Decorating our home for Christmas is always so much fun! I love to have the same familiar things to put up again every year. I love to have one new thing that I have bought for not much or received from someone to add to my collection. And I love to get new ideas from other people of simple ways to decorate the house.I’ve already shown you a photo of our little Christmas tree with the soft toys on it… well, here it is with the lights on it as well:
However, after we took the photo the kids decided they couldn’t do without playing with their soft toys for a whole month, so the tree is looking a bit bare again! We’ll have to get out the other decorations again and use them! It’s all a bit of fun… 
When we were at Sovereign Hill the other day, I noticed how they had decorated the cottages and fence rails with Gum leaves and red Bottle Brushes. I thought it looked so natural and Aussie, and I want to try it here as well. I will probably do it just a little closer to Christmas day so that it is not looking too withered when our family comes to visit. I have plenty of Gum trees, Bottle Brushes and ribbons. Here are a few of the ones I took photos of at Sov Hill:
Here are a few of the ones I took photos of at Sov Hill:
This year my new decoration is this lovely nativity set I got from Robyn. I didn’t have one and had always been on the lookout for a nice one. Now I don’t need to look any further!
I think my all time favorite ornaments are the ones that I put on this tiny tree every year. You can’t see them very clearly, but they are little figurines that we bought at the Christkindelmarkt in Nuremberg, around 12 years ago. When Daniel was only 6 months old, we went to visit family in Holland and Germany for Christmas. My family in Germany lived just nearby Nuremberg, and so we were able to visit the famous Christmas Market. It was just lovely. There were lots of little stalls where you could get gifts, goodies, and drinks. I skipped the typical “gluwine” and went for some delicious hot chocolate!
And that is how we deck our halls at Christmas time…….
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