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I love seeing the pictures of your decorations and how you celebrate Christmas!

We had an advent calendar when I was little too. My mom sewed it by hand. It was a wall hanging shaped like a Christmas tree and at the bottom there were 25 "ornaments" which my brothers and I took turns hanging one each day on the "tree". We loved it. I wonder whatever happened to it.

The "sash" that you noticed under the tree is called a "Christmas tree skirt" which serves multiple purposes -- it camouflages the Christmas tree stand, covers the floor under the tree to help prevent the pine needles from getting all over the floor (for those of us who still have real trees), makes a nice place for putting all the presents under the tree, and is generally just decorative. When I was little the phrase "tree skirt" used to make me giggle, like the tree was a girl getting dressed up in fancy clothes.

On top of our tree we always put an angel instead of a star. The angel that my husband and I have on top of our tree now is a very rustic wooden one that we got in Santa Fe, New Mexico. I love it. Maybe I can post some pictures later.

I love hearing about all of the different traditions.

Does anyone go Christmas caroling any more? I loved it when I was little.

Nice decorations Linne and everyone.

Linne (and others)-

I really enjoy seeing your Christmas decorations. It is so interesting to see your traditions. Thank you for sharing - I bet your house smells beautiful this time of year with all the candles and greens.

A great big Merry Christmas to all of you!

Tracy

Thank you for the explanation about the “tree skirt” (funny name) and about the Advent Wreath.
I learned something new about that. In Denmark most families have no religious traditions connected with the wreath, and all four candle lights are normally white, sometimes red.

Now we have talked about the calendar, I think you should see a pic of our beloved grandchildren ready to open the door of the day in their calendar. The pictures in these two calendars are both referring to programs in TV, which children can see every day. And when you buy these calendars some of the costs will be given to charity -(and the decoration in the background is one I have made for the family).


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But I still miss to see a picture of one of these ornaments you send to each other. Are they made on STJ?


Linne

Linne - CUTE babies!!!

Here are some of our decorations this year.

No, we don’t have Hallmark in DK, CG, thank you for the link. What a collection they have!
We also have different “collection” things. Many people for example have Christmas Mobiles from
the Danish firm Georg Jensen:
http://www.georgjensen.com/English/Coll ... biles.aspx

What confused me about “ornaments” was the topic about ornament exchange. I thought it was some special ornaments perhaps made on STJ?

So interesting to see your Christmas decoration, Coden. The wreath you have is very pretty and I also like the decoration on nr. 2 pic. Is it real or fake? It looks real. And I can see that you have a star in top of the tree, which is common here.

Linne

Thank you, Linne - the wreaths and the tree in the 2nd pic are all fake and I made them. This year I made 4 wreaths and all of the garland swags that are over the mantels and doors.

I'm not a lady but I did the exchange they didn't have to be from stj but some were.

We have a fake tree, but a real wreath (and a few nutcrackers)



a few nativities -



and a some Spode



Happy Holidays!

linne -- You can see some STJ ornaments here:
http://www.pinkpapaya.com/chor.html

Thank you Lisa. Now I understand, what it's about. But those "ornaments" from Pink Papaya I would call globes.

And I'm curious again. Jayseadee, what do you mean with "nutcrackers" ? Is it a tool for cracking a nut or something else?

Linne