I have to be honest, I have had a hard time getting in the Christmas spirit this year. Half of our stuff is still in boxes and everything seems to be in transition. Anything we unpack we will just have to pack back up in a few months, and there really isn’t room for much, so this is all of the Christmas that I brought up from the storage this year. But we hope that the feeling of Christmas will still be here, and obviously, I did nothing to prepare for this “photo shoot.”

my jingle bell wreath. I have had it on my list to make for such a long time. It really didn’t turn out the way I hoped, but I need to play with it a little I think and add a lovely silk bow.

From 1994-1998 Target stores sold the It’s a Wonderful Life village during Christmas. I was home on Christmas break and so what does any freshman/sophomore/junior in college do on the morning after Christmas? Go to Target to buy half price It’s a Wonderful Life houses with your mom, of course!

Even then I was cool…

My mom and I would buy a few pieces each year to add to our collections~they were $7.50 after Christmas.