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Any­one who knows me for five min­utes knows that I’m a bit ridicu­lous about Christ­mas. Novem­ber is always a hard month for me so as a dis­trac­tion I plunge head first into Christ­mas.  Christ­mas and Jolly goes hand in hand…leaves no room for grumpy old peo­ple me.

I don’t live in the home of my dreams yet but if I did, here are a few things I would love to do around the holiday:

Tiny, cramped entry­ways make me itchy… I want a large enough space so I can put a warm, glow­ing tree on an entry table.

When we lived in the Nil­gris Hills of South India we used to dec­o­rate our house with Euca­lyp­tus branches and leaves for the hol­i­days. Now, that smell just oozes Christ­mas for me. Isn’t this a beau­ti­ful garland?

I adore the many ways peo­ple choose to show off their Christ­mas cards, but I love this idea of gift-wrapping the clothes­pins that hold the cards.

I used to wrack my brain with ideas of how to hang stock­ings when we didn’t have a fire­place.  I love this idea…can you imag­ine hav­ing a stock­ing sock for each let­ter of your name? Where was this when I was a kid?

Pho­tos from: Martha