I'VE BEEN BUSY

 DECORATING AND SHOPPING

I LOVE CHRISTMAS BECAUSE IT'S THE ONE TIME OF YEAR
WHEN I FEEL YOU CAN'T OVER DECORATE.
 THE MORE THE MERRIER!

MY FRIEND GINGER, WHO JUST TURNED 91, DECIDED IT WAS TIME FOR HER TO DOWNSIZE HER DECORATING THIS YEAR, SO I BECAME THE LUCKY RECIPIENT OF THIS SANTA AND MRS. CLAUS.

THE DOWNSIDE, AND THE ONLY DOWNSIDE, OF NOT COOKING THANKSGIVING DINNER IS THAT I HAD TO DECORATE MY OWN TREE THIS YEAR.  

DO THEY STILL MAKE ANGEL HAIR?  I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR IT TO USE AS SNOW BENEATH THIS CHRISTMAS VILLAGE, ANOTHER OF GINGER'S GIVEAWAYS.

AND MY MOST TREASURED CHRISTMAS DECORATION,
THIS NATIVITY SET THAT SYDNEY MADE WHEN SHE WAS ABOUT SEVEN,
AND GAVE TO ME.

CHRISTMAS WOULDN'T BE CHRISTMAS WITHOUT SANTA PICTURES OF THE KIDS, SPANNING THE YEARS OF 1971 THROUGH 88.
DECORATING FINISHED
NOW I'D BETTER FINISH UP
MY SHOPPING!