... from my house to yours. I never intended to do any holiday decorating, had no plans to put up a tree, or trim the house with lots frou-frou. There is a lighted wreath I could have hung out by the front door, and plugged in to make the tiny lights in the greenery twinkle and glow in the night. But I did not get it out to let passers-by know we were under the influence of the Christmas Spirit.
There is a little box that sits on the closet shelf with small Wise men made years ago when helping children do art projects with copious amounts of construction paper, Elmer's glue and cardboard tubes. I could have taken the box down off the shelf and had six Wise men (and possibly a Santa) trooping across the mantle above the fireplace heading to visit the stable. But I did not get them out, so they will have to be content to sleep, nestled cozily together for another year, with the hope of fresh air next December.
The 'tree' with the little twinkle lights has been sitting in the dining room since I bought the strings of sparkling lights and twined them on the bare branches last Dec., trying to add a festive touch to an other wise plain, ordinary, every day room. I just relocated it for the day, and switched on the lights to give the appearance of Christmas Joy. So in reality there were holiday decorations: the same little branches that have been in the clear vase since last year, just turned on the lights to look festive for one day.
Back to the grind tomorrow, when I will go to work and throw away all the left over poinsettias, glittery mums, holiday centerpieces with winter greenery and red candles. Dispose of anything that even remotely gives the slightest hint of Christmas, and move on to the next seasonal selling event. All the dozens of roses and mixed bouquets, hundreds of heart shaped balloons and assorted trim was ordered to fill customers' wants last summer, so we will soon be getting prepared for Valentine's Day... where did the time go!?!?
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