I was a Christmas Decoraholic~

Howdee all,

I am going backward before I go forward.

Before I show you our first Christmas in our Homey…I want to show you our last Christmas in our Brookline, Ma. home.

Ever since I was a young gal, I have collected Christmas ornaments and décor.

I delivered newspapers as a young gal and saved up my Christmas tips to buy decorations…actually most of my Sickstas did the same thing…we all loved Christmas decorations.

Luckily I married a Jewish man who didn’t mind my Christmas décor fetish.

Come on in and take a look..

 Christmas 2000

Our livingroom..

Nobbiecat loved sitting near the fireplace..

Our daughter Samarrah painted this picture of our Winter festival…

Notice the Menorah and Christmas tree.

A happy blending of traditions…

The Holiday tree…

Living in a condo and having no yard to plant a real tree in…I opted for a fake tree…I used the same tree for many years.

I collected antique ornaments..

Most from estate sales.

Our Holiday star…A mix of old…

And new…

I also had a collection of antique glass balls..

I put them in my antique glass vases..

This Santa, sleigh and reindeer are special. I bought these as a very young gal..

Maybe around age 12..

More glass balls..

The dining room..

Santa collection..

My sweet Ballie playing with ribbon…

I miss that fur ball!

More glass ornaments..

A new Santa and antique ceramic girl holding Christmas tree..

A new snowman..

In the den…a new Santa surrounded by homemade decorations from my Aunt Diane.

Stairway down to the bedrooms with our stockings..

I had a collection of antique birds..

Think these are in storage.

So…as you can see..I had a Christmas Décor addiction..

I am over that now…But it was so much fun back then..

I hope you enjoyed the tour…

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and Happy Holidays..

From Dawn in December of 2000