Some of my Favorite Christmas Decorations this Year

This is an exquisite ornament, I'm sure to treasure for years to come.  The tag attached reads: I am an angel feather sent from up above to serve as a reminder of His most gracious love.  I'm from your guardian angel that God assigned to you, it fell out in her struggles as she protected you.  Each time you almost stumble, each time you nearly fall thank God and all His angels for answering your call.  I love this.  This ornament was give to me by Shelia.  Thank you Shelia, this is powerful.

A cleverly designed Rudolph decoration made by Shelia.  That soap bar it contains will never be used.

Cute Gingerbread Softie so sweet to look at.  Debbie picked this one for me and all the co-workers at the Library.

I picked this one....at a store.  He stood out and begged me to come home.

I'm the proud owner of this AnnaLee ornament.  He sports a straw hat and the softest beard.  This is the only ornament that was not given to me this year.  He is just special.  It was given to me by Cliff's mom years ago.

My Tiny Frazier Fir Tree

For the past few years, I have been setting up an artificial Christmas tree.  I'm not sure what it is, but a real tree just adds so much to the Christmas spirit and  they smell wonderful. So this year, I decided I would set up a real one.  Home Depot had trees from 5ft on up.  I purchased my tiny small Frazier Fir for under $20.00.

I love the star shape LED lights, I purchased last year after Christmas.  They look neat on my mantle and add a cool glow to the decorations.

These ornaments are very old.  It's such a joy to bring them out and remember Christmases of long ago.  The Santa Tongue depressor ornament was made by me on December 1999.  The snowman plastic spoon ornaments was made by Kevin many years ago during a program at the Mint Hill Library.  Andrea also made one.  These are so special to me.

Tongue Depressor Snowman Ornament also made on December 1999