Our home is full of twinkling lights and whimsical decor for Christmas. This is the way I and the kids have fun and bring in light in the house during the darker months of winter. They truly bring joy and cheer.

There is the outer aspect of twinkling lights of Christmas that many delight in and there is, too, the inner glow of lights for Christmas…


On the first weekend of December, we too take time to decorate the front of our house with strings and nets of lights.



This angel graces the entrance
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Our entrance gets touches of a whimsy and magic for Christmas. Click pictures to enlarge
Warm up the room with a golden bowl filled with water. Place floating candles with finger candles held in small crystal star holders. The more candles the merrier.
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The old entrance hall mirror gets decked up with twinkling lights, glass grape-beads and whimsical figures.
Christmas Krinkles decor by Patience Brewster, A Collection by Department 56.


Over the years, I and my family have made many of our Christmas decorations, too.

Gum drops topiary. Don't eat it!


A fruit topiary for New Year's, believed to signify abundance and prosperity.


Our tree of 2003.


Creativity at home involves letting others be creative, too. This little felt snowman is something my son made when he was 2yrs old. He is 9 now.


These homemade felt decors are older then my 14-year-old son.
We have fancier skirts, but my kids love the stars and the little town scene on this one.


Every year, my boys are excited to hang the gingerbread man and woman because they know I made them to represent me and their father, before they were born.


Candles in your house can really add delight and joy to the atmosphere.
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The Nativity Scene is a family tradition

What connection does the Buddhist greeting of Namaste have with the Christmas spirit?Clue: The Inner Light of the Season.

Click here for the article I wrote to go along with these photographs.