Nostalgic Christmas Ornaments

I can hardly believe that tomorrow is Thanksgiving!! It just seemed to sneak up on me! The countdown till Christmas is really short now! I need to start shopping! I've finished decorating the tree and as I was doing so, I remembered some of the beautiful ornaments that my dad used to put on our tree when we were kids. I wanted to see if I could find some of those online and came across a few that I remembered when I was a child. I so wish that I had some of these ornaments today. I wish mom and dad had saved them. I guess when new decorations come out you think oh, how pretty these are, and you decide to replace the old with the new, but I would love to see some of the old ones on my tree. Here are some pictures of the ones that I remember. <br /><br /> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO3H_YaV6q3iZV2MIYkWydRQAP1Oz8pivdt1vEAnbGgk8k6-6s6ShclgT3bmyuoiSMJeRYZOqNmTSoIFuE5RxRMXRfT_LDXwtwlm-uGeVf2azY5EZKHioLBBHXK6DE5tE6a2NGcFEWqshc/s1600/antique-christmas-ornaments.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="216" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO3H_YaV6q3iZV2MIYkWydRQAP1Oz8pivdt1vEAnbGgk8k6-6s6ShclgT3bmyuoiSMJeRYZOqNmTSoIFuE5RxRMXRfT_LDXwtwlm-uGeVf2azY5EZKHioLBBHXK6DE5tE6a2NGcFEWqshc/s400/antique-christmas-ornaments.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loved to hang these ones on the tree!</td></tr></tbody></table> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNoJjtV2tmGVFigK1s3QcHZx_KsSXWIZaJQFLejatps437Q-koCq19D0h5tsW15OLiN5bLwKfHKOzDvg-v6bmMsKYhmjJB5f3nNOHTFH4t0azwi-4Lx4Gmim7i9oMs1vLSCrV-xPo_gfiB/s1600/BAUMKERZEN.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="286" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNoJjtV2tmGVFigK1s3QcHZx_KsSXWIZaJQFLejatps437Q-koCq19D0h5tsW15OLiN5bLwKfHKOzDvg-v6bmMsKYhmjJB5f3nNOHTFH4t0azwi-4Lx4Gmim7i9oMs1vLSCrV-xPo_gfiB/s400/BAUMKERZEN.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgoy4C5Q23yNX861YjTH7JEma_riACaK5THlpSaH8aLGfEfBe-1hrfbkCSVS7V00r9wldJ4vR9rXUhjXL9HRy8mMxv429BQr7qWQ1iPl-vBUZlI3ZR90Z55RaKzctAKXav3FCjQQ7znDjx/s1600/bubble_lights_UL1002ll.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgoy4C5Q23yNX861YjTH7JEma_riACaK5THlpSaH8aLGfEfBe-1hrfbkCSVS7V00r9wldJ4vR9rXUhjXL9HRy8mMxv429BQr7qWQ1iPl-vBUZlI3ZR90Z55RaKzctAKXav3FCjQQ7znDjx/s400/bubble_lights_UL1002ll.jpg" width="382" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My all time favorite! I so loved to sit and watch these bubble lights!!</td></tr></tbody></table> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl_vnxnv2PeTzR0QtcmAmbVkw4nQ0F8T8gc_EacDWYl_aVGpNfOmPiPq0Mb2JsoXhWLMnKI-ggUcGGB11zpe6teGp2OWHjYb6EgezKPX9_8RpBGQukLuk5ba8c7ek4NA-_qfkePGOnF6VK/s1600/Christmas+Decorations+Baubles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl_vnxnv2PeTzR0QtcmAmbVkw4nQ0F8T8gc_EacDWYl_aVGpNfOmPiPq0Mb2JsoXhWLMnKI-ggUcGGB11zpe6teGp2OWHjYb6EgezKPX9_8RpBGQukLuk5ba8c7ek4NA-_qfkePGOnF6VK/s400/Christmas+Decorations+Baubles.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5xQm-DGd4Fdyx6pnCdJUjTSzsRDeNIXGmFGMeEHcdj2XHTRZuPrUmv7lY6AixSsIPObJbbdzfugDZOSy8Wakv1V1SCxfRvioiRFtZTAEWSqOOHjjLPN4ZK8vrH0lQ8g24jRK-c7CjMpqi/s1600/Christmas-Ornaments-Eudora.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5xQm-DGd4Fdyx6pnCdJUjTSzsRDeNIXGmFGMeEHcdj2XHTRZuPrUmv7lY6AixSsIPObJbbdzfugDZOSy8Wakv1V1SCxfRvioiRFtZTAEWSqOOHjjLPN4ZK8vrH0lQ8g24jRK-c7CjMpqi/s400/Christmas-Ornaments-Eudora.jpg" width="288" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I remember buying these kits at the store. It was so much fun making them!</td></tr></tbody></table> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-5uN-XoBfC4qQtmO_qc6bXpaMs-TuAPddZNGOjyFvDNcpj358uE8vqI5fBiiSdn9QnrlVwdNbldohkyy_ZcNPyxXSQNuSzyigWWyC9NXrxh2wXLP_lmxMJeL4XOifighImjyVTgc3SC3/s1600/DresdenStarOrnaments-8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-5uN-XoBfC4qQtmO_qc6bXpaMs-TuAPddZNGOjyFvDNcpj358uE8vqI5fBiiSdn9QnrlVwdNbldohkyy_ZcNPyxXSQNuSzyigWWyC9NXrxh2wXLP_lmxMJeL4XOifighImjyVTgc3SC3/s400/DresdenStarOrnaments-8.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><br /> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVnMZ6EQC3JAy-BvKxNdLo0uqNVRiT-8SVpb7LcnVSU_NQCSVF7Kn3PO9lCLeydPhEYq5jA_O9kqPDhhYQGpwXA7L2_lTYUF6zNXhFTKwxHMXRHQy62rdDPDAAyzAmLKYTeLb0qReRHXiJ/s1600/ht_2020_silver_061207_ssv.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVnMZ6EQC3JAy-BvKxNdLo0uqNVRiT-8SVpb7LcnVSU_NQCSVF7Kn3PO9lCLeydPhEYq5jA_O9kqPDhhYQGpwXA7L2_lTYUF6zNXhFTKwxHMXRHQy62rdDPDAAyzAmLKYTeLb0qReRHXiJ/s320/ht_2020_silver_061207_ssv.jpg" width="239" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh my gosh! Does anyone else remember these foil trees?</td></tr></tbody></table> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimxXHFOt_bq3s70TfCepOrROBLsAkKmSr0ekVGw8LnXbQtqLHiuay_xdZ9DpFYq9ESiVj_MmNdi7s9RVnD9qdksZMScyVK87YOrwZVdjOHctC0d9Pg-FkAefzsWJPhyphenhyphenMv6I7IoPbqLbz_v/s1600/il_fullxfull_95500091.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="398" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimxXHFOt_bq3s70TfCepOrROBLsAkKmSr0ekVGw8LnXbQtqLHiuay_xdZ9DpFYq9ESiVj_MmNdi7s9RVnD9qdksZMScyVK87YOrwZVdjOHctC0d9Pg-FkAefzsWJPhyphenhyphenMv6I7IoPbqLbz_v/s400/il_fullxfull_95500091.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiF90Z2IFEuUEXY4dUnbm-pbthbR39L2Nh-EFl2aqU2si_EpikfqiNEtpDy6BNaxuqaNyC8ukrzSEzmBmi1WTJQy5C5IcKvRO5wI9RaUodRENXYwpAfctSBd4-iXACh98IS5cfNdNWUAGK/s1600/p334832b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiF90Z2IFEuUEXY4dUnbm-pbthbR39L2Nh-EFl2aqU2si_EpikfqiNEtpDy6BNaxuqaNyC8ukrzSEzmBmi1WTJQy5C5IcKvRO5wI9RaUodRENXYwpAfctSBd4-iXACh98IS5cfNdNWUAGK/s400/p334832b.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So beautiful and shiny!</td></tr></tbody></table> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQv-GsrSC_tLkmwyfZf5RT_2_xCfuTZKBNQpaf6-AFFsmBnVsA9CN2LCdvCHo09M_xNHLF7b-BFwBFhMYQlPbzWtsvDHxRTxuQIsStnfUvflyyCUKwcDkGsd2P-Ilyy5uLhDb8NGu_jkg4/s1600/SHINNY-BRITE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="372" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQv-GsrSC_tLkmwyfZf5RT_2_xCfuTZKBNQpaf6-AFFsmBnVsA9CN2LCdvCHo09M_xNHLF7b-BFwBFhMYQlPbzWtsvDHxRTxuQIsStnfUvflyyCUKwcDkGsd2P-Ilyy5uLhDb8NGu_jkg4/s400/SHINNY-BRITE.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU2GfKaA_8JUh4onQEKXdyrVX-zJoPns_BWszWBsM3XtI3XRgVwAjBc6P2CR-Otf3OH5TJkpCdHg1SybfgS_uz-hnEzgLX24yGZERLfDkkUHqVEAUpxO1nChf2cY-k_9sGVEGZN6RKPwh-/s1600/toyday-traditional-%2526-classic-toys-wooden-toy-christmas-tree-decorations.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU2GfKaA_8JUh4onQEKXdyrVX-zJoPns_BWszWBsM3XtI3XRgVwAjBc6P2CR-Otf3OH5TJkpCdHg1SybfgS_uz-hnEzgLX24yGZERLfDkkUHqVEAUpxO1nChf2cY-k_9sGVEGZN6RKPwh-/s400/toyday-traditional-%2526-classic-toys-wooden-toy-christmas-tree-decorations.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikWGmo7iJoII9jUsM1vkNJUFk6PKMl_zrR_911lvBxy3_vXGp8xLWPiVRhKuuvyuL0DciEdp7Ne4IXZX33vL6NSp_DrHJ2cx2_XtUg1DRa66ULGXPWMJQm6SLNi_ow8l61AkWaVnPBi19c/s1600/vintage-christmas-ornaments-l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikWGmo7iJoII9jUsM1vkNJUFk6PKMl_zrR_911lvBxy3_vXGp8xLWPiVRhKuuvyuL0DciEdp7Ne4IXZX33vL6NSp_DrHJ2cx2_XtUg1DRa66ULGXPWMJQm6SLNi_ow8l61AkWaVnPBi19c/s400/vintage-christmas-ornaments-l.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7mZ63xNIDGw?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7mZ63xNIDGw?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></div>

Nostalgic Christmas Ornaments

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My Christmas Tree

Well, I've finally finished all of my decorating. I did the tree last night and thought I would post some pictures. The first decoration of the spider web has a story behind it that goes like this:<br /><br />                       The Ukrainian Christmas Spiderweb Legend<br /><br /><br />One family in the village was too poor to have a decorated Christmas tree in their house. The mother had hung a few meager nuts and fruits on a small tree outside their door in hopes of bringing a little more cheer to her children's Christmas Day. <br /><br />On Christmas Eve the spiders heard her prayers and hung their webs over the tree. As the sun came up, it's rays glittered and sparkled on the dew on the webs and turned them to silver and gold. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLWm7VGYWhr2omv-nitDdTI7oE73Q7mGkNNRiHw9Y7CdYuCqozrKZb5SpY1OkP3CHC1tgowA81b8059eVS0F0cJlEG6T09tv5T7LlI-WL8K99Q-y4a2faOI_MHqh8lJQpHtkxxoBiGfrp-/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLWm7VGYWhr2omv-nitDdTI7oE73Q7mGkNNRiHw9Y7CdYuCqozrKZb5SpY1OkP3CHC1tgowA81b8059eVS0F0cJlEG6T09tv5T7LlI-WL8K99Q-y4a2faOI_MHqh8lJQpHtkxxoBiGfrp-/s400/002.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP_J0eI8kGC9aR0vw0ccEMdo0Cak41ECnUztXxCsIMC8CbK-pNkNHCsmeKm1MUsduUTrJw3sWtSBYEN3C3xDwyzEjqKkIoJ3YGyKBNgeLVCMSlg4A7mXNpsG_w7fh7-6Xuy32qcD5J4qdv/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnK0IRSKuElOos88QOLDoyal7m2Q7ER0JSm-0VoyLucm0ymQAa2VDos8r7_7U6vkQ-MWqzHJyJDWWxWTIrKwsTx9SAAtboDO1yijvBQAAWXFJKVnKVNb19t_p19gcrDV7I1FbEe-F7UJrS/s320/011.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Angel was hand made by my mother.</td></tr></tbody></table> <br /> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY8v9KHSjYvypoHRHCj9moMbDhQxNEM9sn3ZX2CWS85pBtuMh3rpBTSkABXH-R6p7pag6Tpyf6WZgHitX1IDjSu44Y7GinqaGuDU04OiiGA5qfQ33U7PsNaTOPl6hlkXYH2o4kEuJrgJW1/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY8v9KHSjYvypoHRHCj9moMbDhQxNEM9sn3ZX2CWS85pBtuMh3rpBTSkABXH-R6p7pag6Tpyf6WZgHitX1IDjSu44Y7GinqaGuDU04OiiGA5qfQ33U7PsNaTOPl6hlkXYH2o4kEuJrgJW1/s320/012.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hand made by my mother.</td></tr></tbody></table> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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His nose glows with batteries!</td></tr></tbody></table> <br /> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMQZ99A86eoERtHCimZj6tcctViI1pBqEN5orRXixAUvLcovTZ4xIWIQcuBboWQMjzUvh4GRprFGJtmVPJcKhX2mF4BbxqqPVqinqc90fUmth6oquxSRqpPWaWwai8pKGF8mEfZNSzanRK/s1600/023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMQZ99A86eoERtHCimZj6tcctViI1pBqEN5orRXixAUvLcovTZ4xIWIQcuBboWQMjzUvh4GRprFGJtmVPJcKhX2mF4BbxqqPVqinqc90fUmth6oquxSRqpPWaWwai8pKGF8mEfZNSzanRK/s400/023.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My mother also made this heart.</td></tr></tbody></table> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRgDnxs68UeK_tQCIL7eKfgS1ow7coafa7j4g3Z97QYD7zRdbpryoPGXNLUd1eYqQbBIj-JkKipMqRbO3WAvqOtCjFI3dvkiOwcHmAmQT3H_N-sWDdgLXMhnjSYiDdm6qJ4ZhYsJWbuhqc/s1600/024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; 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margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDYSjJE_pPqMdp6ta7GEwzy0vxkxk7gHEILEw2ZcDieflssusyOFY_9LIYwYurgXvYT7SaWj4IvWSFVyElUt5bnPxn7bfHjrG81P8WdWW0fJb19vWfatH9BvHKUVRI85lz0H0AfA0YebZZ/s1600/029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDYSjJE_pPqMdp6ta7GEwzy0vxkxk7gHEILEw2ZcDieflssusyOFY_9LIYwYurgXvYT7SaWj4IvWSFVyElUt5bnPxn7bfHjrG81P8WdWW0fJb19vWfatH9BvHKUVRI85lz0H0AfA0YebZZ/s400/029.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My grandaughter made this one!</td></tr></tbody></table> <br /> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKW4JjdhEsBzUtvOZxJpWGQ8qyZOZCO-D3zi1mjwiZgiN5MwdggMZ3ZnawzslQhIez9ia7PzyGFCk8sH8JVqFopxoz6eyW4o7uJxYFkahM3AW5BZ9aL7KEIahWNKol-Qs_dBVClWAw4uXs/s1600/030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; 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So cute!</td></tr></tbody></table> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjixEP4-YHJehOW-chRRKdHxzPK5O9v1fnHjg6sCHQ-Jvm6gpw614fPL0iYYxddBOvaEYw0eaIgBjymnD6gRd_uxCnFRwFdWXi5OycCQRavQmI_jPnuuxS-vJNgOmwUDUxsMIZKKkRWL46K/s1600/032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjixEP4-YHJehOW-chRRKdHxzPK5O9v1fnHjg6sCHQ-Jvm6gpw614fPL0iYYxddBOvaEYw0eaIgBjymnD6gRd_uxCnFRwFdWXi5OycCQRavQmI_jPnuuxS-vJNgOmwUDUxsMIZKKkRWL46K/s400/032.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ6-u3kpeX47wIUGbKeFOc879R_LzPxjpn9dNVrJOH5zznGCl_541rGUkfwGFOZQv9kpEfm-oqZOAntkdQvo2NnzxMszSPeVSJkp6JmufuNDG26s8gFSyTPp48l3f0B4X9QC3LwkJAzqjJ/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ6-u3kpeX47wIUGbKeFOc879R_LzPxjpn9dNVrJOH5zznGCl_541rGUkfwGFOZQv9kpEfm-oqZOAntkdQvo2NnzxMszSPeVSJkp6JmufuNDG26s8gFSyTPp48l3f0B4X9QC3LwkJAzqjJ/s400/004.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Santa cookie jar.</td></tr></tbody></table> <br /> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji0_75UnCLzDy1qzZvnLW63QXMj5myRMEds55Iikiiy-P93ZyqeneOsEI76fQiEaw-FYBxcbDQen4teCRk1sviAj5CXhvLGsQa9wXTt6E_spRIqw_BuiEbQrAsmLEBDmG99ZtY9Hnl_YKD/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji0_75UnCLzDy1qzZvnLW63QXMj5myRMEds55Iikiiy-P93ZyqeneOsEI76fQiEaw-FYBxcbDQen4teCRk1sviAj5CXhvLGsQa9wXTt6E_spRIqw_BuiEbQrAsmLEBDmG99ZtY9Hnl_YKD/s400/003.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My card basket.</td></tr></tbody></table> <br /> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidFX1rG5F_LQZ5MBXRExjflYCSBFWWHbyVNviFCbehPsd8sVIrdmHcgyhUAgNVQtbGP46EHtd2VAtF3zzndEoIxMPoZ77LFPkExLENVGU7_uJ191jb0ui0H4Grxwd9E4A17yl_jye3vXyC/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidFX1rG5F_LQZ5MBXRExjflYCSBFWWHbyVNviFCbehPsd8sVIrdmHcgyhUAgNVQtbGP46EHtd2VAtF3zzndEoIxMPoZ77LFPkExLENVGU7_uJ191jb0ui0H4Grxwd9E4A17yl_jye3vXyC/s320/005.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thomas Kinkade clock. It plays a Christmas song on the hour.</td></tr></tbody></table> <br /><div class="zemanta-related"><h6 class="zemanta-related-title" style="font-size: 1em; margin: 1em 0px 0px;">Related articles</h6><ul class="zemanta-article-ul"><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/01/21/rickstevesrickstevestmsarticlecfmid253.DTL">Christmas Trees and Manger Scenes in Europe</a> (sfgate.com)</li></ul></div><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=da294083-f642-4bb5-af3a-5d04b3479c4a" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; float: right;" /></a></div>

My Christmas Tree

Well, I've finally finished all of my decorating. I did the tree last night and thought I would post some pictures. The first decoration...

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Themed Christmas Trees

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">My Christmas tree is very traditional. I will post some pictures of it and all of my other decorations when the time comes. Though mine is traditional, I do love all the different themed Christmas trees. They are very beautiful. I came across these pictures and thought I would post them.  I found them at <a href="http://www.remodelingmyspace.com/christmas-decoration-ideas/christmas-trees/pictures-decorated-christmas-tree-ideas.htm">http://www.remodelingmyspace.com/christmas-decoration-ideas/christmas-trees/pictures-decorated-christmas-tree-ideas.htm</a> </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Update: You can find my second post on themed Christmas trees <a href="http://dj56v-christmasblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/themed-christmas-trees-post-no-2.html">Here</a></span><br /><br /> <br /> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6e0bu3gIt3X01QedIJWR9J3v0gULM-DT5D9tU0nbz6uChN22BDXjDJ4nltmDlEK02qB0uv_W_feQbi6v1snqzwcUU3vZOcvyUKbC4OWbvelXzzdZgCl1hJ-sCoyBw5SndA3pJjgKYbctl/s1600/christmas-tree-ideas-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6e0bu3gIt3X01QedIJWR9J3v0gULM-DT5D9tU0nbz6uChN22BDXjDJ4nltmDlEK02qB0uv_W_feQbi6v1snqzwcUU3vZOcvyUKbC4OWbvelXzzdZgCl1hJ-sCoyBw5SndA3pJjgKYbctl/s640/christmas-tree-ideas-10.jpg" width="476" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vintage green, gold &amp; silver.</td></tr></tbody></table>  <br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCtXqGNlhtEPOjGLBKkd-rcq0AcLMiPkD6BJsUjBaGLwcjDyvGwcXxcJwl8CkNtR610KD_NGiccFJlpPrEdrhHAhPytAtWai7u7xNoY7lPjiMaE8av9IdOwNnrzPzI3AVJamLc6W97QIFs/s1600/christmas-tree-ideas-20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCtXqGNlhtEPOjGLBKkd-rcq0AcLMiPkD6BJsUjBaGLwcjDyvGwcXxcJwl8CkNtR610KD_NGiccFJlpPrEdrhHAhPytAtWai7u7xNoY7lPjiMaE8av9IdOwNnrzPzI3AVJamLc6W97QIFs/s640/christmas-tree-ideas-20.jpg" width="476" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Vintage red and gold with carolers.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsNioicpUYJgduC09moRXgIOBvzrhRDkkdgeDKXBxQ22gGDxGpvnxuosMx4aoYdfNsbpTmoDhW8k8ZHeFMmYpilCpIy4w97F2gqkm2FlCxf6O1Cd8UPenmR8FynfDF9TD2UchUyvwk_-NS/s1600/christmas-tree-ideas-25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsNioicpUYJgduC09moRXgIOBvzrhRDkkdgeDKXBxQ22gGDxGpvnxuosMx4aoYdfNsbpTmoDhW8k8ZHeFMmYpilCpIy4w97F2gqkm2FlCxf6O1Cd8UPenmR8FynfDF9TD2UchUyvwk_-NS/s640/christmas-tree-ideas-25.jpg" width="476" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gold &amp; white with white flowers, santa's, golden butterflies &amp; glittering gold ornaments.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3uH0sUMMifYihZglt2E5rKIfChRzrCXU9XzN29THaLH1uUMeAEeqn8GRHiHpI1lyri-SjSdgSaxV2wMB15-ExwR22Gc_kUZrZNpoUh6Yg5iIcQyNlhVpCZerOm9GBu30KRCn04pWY5HF6/s1600/christmas-tree-ideas-30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3uH0sUMMifYihZglt2E5rKIfChRzrCXU9XzN29THaLH1uUMeAEeqn8GRHiHpI1lyri-SjSdgSaxV2wMB15-ExwR22Gc_kUZrZNpoUh6Yg5iIcQyNlhVpCZerOm9GBu30KRCn04pWY5HF6/s640/christmas-tree-ideas-30.jpg" width="476" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Glittering tree ornaments with little elves &amp; angels.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJgJs63Zm3AVcoM5HfoJf6JuKzA5eDfvzybioUGVZmxj_F-BizfhIthVT7V89jW8pgnlSLIWAfj3fIm-VN4jPsfB_TEwdqx4GzzyV3LMAL3z691FXLnaZrokFvD0ZRCmDEGxYfmPb2nD4P/s1600/christmas-tree-ideas-40.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJgJs63Zm3AVcoM5HfoJf6JuKzA5eDfvzybioUGVZmxj_F-BizfhIthVT7V89jW8pgnlSLIWAfj3fIm-VN4jPsfB_TEwdqx4GzzyV3LMAL3z691FXLnaZrokFvD0ZRCmDEGxYfmPb2nD4P/s640/christmas-tree-ideas-40.jpg" width="476" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> silvery mauve, sage-green &amp; silver, gold mesh ribbon &amp; sprays of dried flowers painted silver.</td></tr></tbody></table> <br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpx-AyGjS-Z_0IgdnJDEQ3d4jktfcy4_ufdM9lMIf4steq8jOT-v_W1mczk6wYpqnbukVXaoNCCPeUS7gYszx5ZuN3wDO1LOjjRmiEv0-FoFLCjetfUBAm4xt3LHgHL2_pfLsJFx3fM6I9/s1600/christmas-tree-ideas-45.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpx-AyGjS-Z_0IgdnJDEQ3d4jktfcy4_ufdM9lMIf4steq8jOT-v_W1mczk6wYpqnbukVXaoNCCPeUS7gYszx5ZuN3wDO1LOjjRmiEv0-FoFLCjetfUBAm4xt3LHgHL2_pfLsJFx3fM6I9/s640/christmas-tree-ideas-45.jpg" width="476" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Purple peacock feathers and blue butterflies. Now this is quite different!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs8JO5pdTib7MnmvgCix5duymuqPewunPA6sfb9kT35H7ACIKhW3QGBh2AHd0Q0IApTTZP7m5YTx9zCGBWB6suRiZX_m-ivi38hR1Yw_DBfFRKw5_s-Caavq6qTmHXe5cybYDgoO1gIwsK/s1600/christmas-tree-ideas-55.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs8JO5pdTib7MnmvgCix5duymuqPewunPA6sfb9kT35H7ACIKhW3QGBh2AHd0Q0IApTTZP7m5YTx9zCGBWB6suRiZX_m-ivi38hR1Yw_DBfFRKw5_s-Caavq6qTmHXe5cybYDgoO1gIwsK/s640/christmas-tree-ideas-55.jpg" width="476" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rustic autumn with copper &amp; gold and splashes of pink and turquoise.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_9LLE2I7v3luDklYw9JW7JLMYtqCHWit0xN-N_zC4gTnql8LI_kIZ0F5r5vqHakyb9PV05d2wEtKrlN_gj1GVKlFnGQlOmlbDaHG_h7M_FSVERZAFSeb32aps2sJH8FXGo_FWUAQx-gI/s1600/christmas-tree-ideas-60.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_9LLE2I7v3luDklYw9JW7JLMYtqCHWit0xN-N_zC4gTnql8LI_kIZ0F5r5vqHakyb9PV05d2wEtKrlN_gj1GVKlFnGQlOmlbDaHG_h7M_FSVERZAFSeb32aps2sJH8FXGo_FWUAQx-gI/s640/christmas-tree-ideas-60.jpg" width="476" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Icicles, white angels, white roses and pine cones. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhelcDt_CqnsyBCEqhW22ghmD0HmqDMEb2lCcuOkRZfx4FZLzvkbMxMqZofmvzU25b-S77nc0n22b-dre9SygjYKHfL91NeNvekfb5YrDu6qsBndg0xXxq_RCA90h0IGWPic6ZYWS3e4cYR/s1600/christmas-tree-ideas-65.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhelcDt_CqnsyBCEqhW22ghmD0HmqDMEb2lCcuOkRZfx4FZLzvkbMxMqZofmvzU25b-S77nc0n22b-dre9SygjYKHfL91NeNvekfb5YrDu6qsBndg0xXxq_RCA90h0IGWPic6ZYWS3e4cYR/s640/christmas-tree-ideas-65.jpg" width="476" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Silver &amp; white icicles, silver ribbons &amp; icy ornaments to compliment the blue.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia1aEyZPYdeFZ05q3uqqZHEro-lfiCtwOg3mqArs5VIxO2-dL1KXS1HxxcU177eK6V587iXMjmku_jNYiwBSgmGTLqB-2n-ReVWJ5iNGSLvMvnUIuZbtYYOB81-JQCfnyNPX8anXfeGDov/s1600/christmas-tree-ideas-70.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia1aEyZPYdeFZ05q3uqqZHEro-lfiCtwOg3mqArs5VIxO2-dL1KXS1HxxcU177eK6V587iXMjmku_jNYiwBSgmGTLqB-2n-ReVWJ5iNGSLvMvnUIuZbtYYOB81-JQCfnyNPX8anXfeGDov/s640/christmas-tree-ideas-70.jpg" width="476" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Country Cabin tree with birch bark, mini knitted sweaters, plaid bows, hearts.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSMjgo31g94bGgc6MHsdmWQJoGzZWM7zKKXqyfq5TE3oFoT4JwAub14cAc2r0UoDLyulYMNve7c6osLlXuWdMw7BSZgGlbYjGs6B3gu_luaLshainYOi0_E7K52Xrlait560H4XooKst3M/s1600/christmas-tree-ideas-75.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSMjgo31g94bGgc6MHsdmWQJoGzZWM7zKKXqyfq5TE3oFoT4JwAub14cAc2r0UoDLyulYMNve7c6osLlXuWdMw7BSZgGlbYjGs6B3gu_luaLshainYOi0_E7K52Xrlait560H4XooKst3M/s640/christmas-tree-ideas-75.jpg" width="476" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baby's first Christmas, with baby snowmen, baby slippers, stuffed rabbits etc.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-GnW7LtEjnR4-Gdytw8CWOQPmPOkM0nCqQQom3Iq8VcejRJ9sustAA-zgTmr4hKn229QpPiCxLqtEo5qc2eNPlbABmv5oDUjbkhfCP1DcVe0Tt9JeIPziKzYTil8EMVHUd6CPN9-lAVo1/s1600/christmas-tree-ideas-80.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-GnW7LtEjnR4-Gdytw8CWOQPmPOkM0nCqQQom3Iq8VcejRJ9sustAA-zgTmr4hKn229QpPiCxLqtEo5qc2eNPlbABmv5oDUjbkhfCP1DcVe0Tt9JeIPziKzYTil8EMVHUd6CPN9-lAVo1/s640/christmas-tree-ideas-80.jpg" width="476" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's your traditional red and green with snowmen, elves, &amp; candycanes. So cute!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=1b960fa1-bec8-4ea0-bc0d-63fc0852c011" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; float: right;" /></a></div>

Themed Christmas Trees

My Christmas tree is very traditional. I will post some pictures of it and all of my other decorations when the time comes. Though mine is t...

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