Now I don’t know about you, but I’m appalled at some of the Christmas displays on homes. Where is a written that Christmas light displays or Christmas decorations have to be tacky? Am I the only person out there who doesn’t think that more is not always the best way to go?
It often seems that when it comes to Christmas anything goes. There are Santas and elves, reindeer and snowmen and well you get the idea. Of source in a country like Australia where we have recently embarked in summer and where temperatures are hot, not cold, snowmen and the like look ridiculous.
Whatever happened to tasteful when it comes to Christmas? It’s a bit like in writing workshops. Sometimes I’m hard pressed to convince students more adjectives do not make writing better. It actually destroys the effect you want to create. One right adjective is worth more than three or four trite or overused ones. But back to Christmas.
So what do we do in our home for Christmas decorating? The first thing to come out of the wrapping paper is the nativity scene. It is always displayed in a prominent place in the home.
Then it’s time for the Christmas lights. Our lights go on one window at the front of the house. They are simple gold and blue and we have a lighted star and a bell, inside the draped other lights.
The front door holds a Christmas wreath. Since I’m not a crafty person, this year we splurged and bought a new one. It wasn’t very expensive and looks good with its green and silver. Some of them to me are overdone and brassy looking. Our other wreath had been around for a number of years was starting to look tired.
I also fill a few bowls with tinsel interspersed with natural pine cones collected over many years. And of course there is the Christmas tree, not one but two trees, but I’ll tell you more about that next time.
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