the landscape of christmas

In years past, every inch of my house was covered in red, green, sparkled, twinkling Christmas decor. And I do mean every inch.

I assure you, it never looked tacky. It looked like a winter wonderland. I loved it, still do.

This year, with the landscape as it is, it is smaller and lighter, though still special.

I took the little tree and decorated it with all the "special" ornaments. It is my Christmas dream to have a tree decorated entirely with handmade and dated ornaments. I would be perfectly happy if everyone gave me a dated ornament for Christmas.

I didn't buy one for myself this year. Chalk it up to needing to spend on others, and couple that with a year I truly would like to forget (most of it anyway).

Here are some pictures --