Open House cont.

"So This is Christmas"

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Now come on into our family room and have a seat over there on the sofa and I will show and tell you about some of our decorations. This is a view
of our mantle.� As you can see, we collect clocks.� I have greenery
across the mantle and the round decorations you see in the green-
ery are cross stitch Santas.� I am so sentimental!� The white
crocheted lace around the mantle was done by my grandmother.
She did lace for all nine grandchildren for Christmas.� She died
right before Christmas.� This lace was made to go on pillow cases, but I always put it
around the mantle and think of her as I place it there.� The two stockings on the left are done in cross stitch and the one on the right is needlepoint and is for our son.
Three of a collection of Christmas plates I have done in cross stitch. � The patterns were in "Cross Stitch and Country Crafts Magazine".��� We place them over the bay window .� Here are
the other three.� I stopped doing them after these
six.� I won first place at the fair with the first
plate."The Nutcracker".

This is an animated Santa in a rocker surrounded by my Christmas dolls from my doll collection. � In the bay window is a lighted Santa Village.� The lighted ceramic tree is one I did back in the 1960's.� There is also a Christmas tree in this room done just with Santas.� There are special things always tucked in the tree.� One of the children got a small Nativity scene when they were in kindergarten and that is always placed inside the tree� and there is an elf we place on a ladder at the tree. � He was also a gift to one of the children in kindergarten.

Now come onto the kitchen........................

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