Santas Here-Santas There....

Santas..Santas..

Everywhere!

I made an executive decision

to NOT dig out my

Santa collection this year.

I probably have about 200 pieces..

give or take a few.

I have been collecting them for

my whole married life.

But...

It is just too busy with the new baby

and going back and forth between

here and Milwaukee,

so they will stay snuggled safe

in their containers for one more year.

I did, however,

dig out most of my other

Christmas decorations,

and there are a few Santas

that I do need to put out.

They were gifts from

MyHero or the kids

and they are too special to

leave packed away.

No Jeanne d' Arc here

at Christmas...

although I love it..

this family loves the

traditional colors of Christmas.

This is a Fitz & Floyd  that MyHero

gave me for Christmas

several years ago.

He's about 14" high

and has matching reindeer candle holders.

Not to be outdone by MyHero,

the kids all chipped in a 

couple years later 

 and gave me

the Mac Daddy of

Fitz & Floyd Santas.

He's about 20" tall.

He came with a big

reindeer.

Here they are..

just fresh from the box

and waiting for their permanent

Christmas home.

I have built in hutches in the

dining room and this time of year

one of the hutches houses my

Spode china.

I love it.

MyHero's family had a tradition

of giving it as a Christmas gift

when each son got married.

Two place settings the first year

and one each year after that

until there was service for 12.

Isn't that a wonderful tradition?

I put a couple of childhood toys

in amongst the china.

This is a little bear that "reads"

a book.  He was in Grandmother's

attic.

And...back when I painted...

a long, long time ago,

in a galaxy far, far away...

I painted this..

and this..

and my Mimi cross stitched this

for me when she was in college.

Can you guess what year it was?

Anyone?

Anyone?

Didn't she do a good job?

To counterbalance all the Santas,

we have to have an angel...

She's big...stands about 30" tall.

And..

Wait...

there is one more angel here

this year...

As you see, he thinks the

whole thing is

One.Big.Yawn.

Hmmm...He thinks Santa is a Yawn?

Well...I THINK Santa has

left him a lump of coal-

in his pants-

or sumthin'~

And so it goes~