Our Christmas tree for 2024 in our den. This photo was from December 23, when all of the gifts were wrapped and placed under the tree, because we would start opening them the next day.
Yes, Christmas was a couple of weeks ago now, but I am still catching up on the Christmas posts. It was a busy holiday season, not that I am complaining about it. And besides, this photo is being posted on the 12th Day of Christmas. So instead of 12 drummers drumming, you get one Christmas tree photo. I am not sure where you would put those 12 drummers, anyway.
Each year, we have our traditional Christmas gatherings. And one of our traditions during each of those traditional gatherings is taking photos to commemorate the occasion. Here are a few photos from our 2024 Gatherings. Okay, maybe more than a few photos.
Christmas Eve We spend Christmas Eve at my parents’ house, eating a delicious lunch, opening presents, talking, and taking photos.
Here we are all together in front of the fireplace
Over several days during the 2024 Christmas season, I made a series of social media posts of verses relating to the Christmas holidays, very loosely inspired by “A Visit from St. Nicholas”, which is better known by its first line. I should probably apologize to Clement Moore for that.
Some verses were more humorous, some were slightly more serious. Some had a definite meter, while others did not. There is a reason why I am not a full-time poet, after all.
Here is a video look at some of the Christmas decorations around our house in 2023:
All our decorations are not included in this video, but I did try to hit some of the highlights. Yes, there have been photos as well, but sometimes video can capture just a little more.
Mickey Mouse shaped Christmas ornaments hang from Mickey Mouse lights in a doorway in our house for the 2023 Christmas Season.
Believe it or not, we do have Christmas decorations that are not shaped like a certain cartoon mouse. But we do also have several that fit that category, too. These are just a small sample of some that Laura ordered online from somewhere or other, and they go nicely on the Mickey lights which have adorned the doorway between our den and kitchen for a while.
Our Christmas tree for 2023 stands proudly in our den, lighting up the night.
You might not be able to tell here, but we like lots of lights on our Christmas tree. Lots and lots of lights. The more, the better. Is there a light limit on these things? Thankfully, the new LED lights use a lot less energy than the old lights, so we are not tripping circuit breakers or anything like that.
Our stockings are hung by the chimney with care, as part of our Christmas 2023 decorations in our house.
If you know much about us, I am sure you can guess who each stocking belongs to. The football stocking would obviously be Jaylin’s. And it should be obvious that the cowboy boot stocking belongs to Laura, even if you do not see that her name is on it. The stocking on the right is slightly folded over, but you can probably see that it has Mickey Mouse ears and buttons, and that one is mine.
A rocking horse sits in front of a Christmas tree at our house, one of our Christmas 2023 decorations.
Christmas decorations have started to spring up all over our house. We have lots of decorations everywhere, and Laura takes care to make sure everything looks just right.
Christmas inflatables of Mickey Mouse and Olaf from Frozen are highlighted by a spotlight on a foggy evening in our front yard.
We have had our Mickey and Olaf inflatables for some years now, and they add a bit of joy and happiness to our front yard each Christmas season. However, over time their internal lights have died, which makes it difficult to see them at night out here in the wilderness. So we recently got a spotlight to light them up at night. Now they can easily be seen, although usually we are the only ones who see them. But that is fine.
