The Spirit of Christmas Past

Hi everyone -- I hope you're all well!  Unfortunately, I was sick during the Thanksgiving holiday; I'm mostly better, but still have a little ways to go.  I apologize for once again falling behind on my visits to you, but I will be knocking at your door very soon (strictly in the cyber sense of course).  :)

I had planned to start decorating for Christmas earlier than usual this year, but getting sick put paid to that plan.  Because I'm usually so slow getting my Christmas decorations put out, I have a tradition around this time of year of showing you some images from the previous Christmas.  I don't change things a lot from year to year, but I do tweak things some.  ;)  Here are some pictures to help us get in the decorating spirit; some of these you may have seen, and others I've never shown before.

Our bird house out front got its own little wreath last Christmas.  ;)

Last year, for the first time ever, we were treated to snow at the Christmas tree farm.  It was so pretty.

One of my favorite pictures...

We love our Dickens Village.

and in the spirit of Christmas many years past, I wanted to share this one from our house in Greensboro,

and this house which belonged to my husband's grandparents.  We lived here for a year before we purchased our current home.

Thanks so very much to those of you who sent "Get Well" messages to me.  They mean more than I can express.

Best Wishes for the Advent season!

Denise