There is a big presence of Christmas in our house. We are baking, cooking, decorating, wrapping, crafting and listening to Christmas songs. There is just a little over a week left now until the two big days. Yes, you read correctly, the TWO big days. On the 24th we celebrate Swedish Christmas, and on the 25th, we celebrate American Christmas. Lucky kids of ours! They get two days of full-on family, food, presents, cosy and fun.
Now to something I've been procrastinating. Many of you asked to see my 11-foot Christmas tree, and, well, here it is...
Ta-da!
If you look close, you'll see that the star didn't make it in to the picture, and the top part of the tree is very sparsely decorated.
I've been putting this off because I don't think our tree is anything spectacular. I mean, it is nice, the tree itself is grand. But, it is kind of an average family tree. You know, it doesn't really have a theme and it isn't "glammy" like you see them in magazines, ours is more of the homy style. A product of our whole family. And that's the way I like it.
If I were to put a "theme" label on it, it would probably be called a "Scandinavian-Cottage-Nature-mixed-with-kids-crafts" theme.
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If I were to put a "theme" label on it, it would probably be called a "Scandinavian-Cottage-Nature-mixed-with-kids-crafts" theme.
Now to something more spectacular.
Last weekend my brother-in-law hosted a fantastic Holiday party.
They had no less than five! Christmas trees, and below are my two favorites that he had made.
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Here is the pine cone tree. Large and small pine cones are glued on to cylinder shaped chicken wire.
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Last, but not least, the rose tree. Hundreds of red and white roses mixed with baby's breath.
I'm afraid that the pictures don't do it justice, it was out-of-this-world beautiful.
So long, my friends, time to make some Swedish meatballs for Christmas Eve.
