Christmas Gifts and Decoration Ideas 2007

[christmasdecoronlineg]

Alrighty,

This was 'spam', but let's find out what Christmas Gifts/Decorating Ideas you guys all have.........


:D

[General Scarlett]

I'm a real traditionalist when it comes to Christmas....

lights on the trees outside, deck the halls and all that.........even down to the scented candles burning in the house for the season.......

And oh there's sooooo much more!!!

[gogorobo]

well we've already got our tree and are putting up lights and decorations over the weekend just waiting on some snow to truly make this feel like the holidays i just loving driving around and seeing all the houses lit up :D

[Stormer]

http://www.joedios.com/dioramas/showimage.php?i=4188&catid=member&imageuser=398

:D

My family usually fills the house with decorations; fully-trimmed tree, paper chains on the ceilings, tinsel around the picture frames, clocks, etc, cards attached to ribbons and hung on the walls, fairy lights around the entrance hallway and bannisters... Since the full family is only usually together on the actual day nowadays, it's left until the morning before the decorating is actually done (my Christmas morning for the last few years has involved making those hanging card-display ribbons) but by the time everyone's arrived for lunch it usually looks quite festive! :)

[Prince Adam]

I love how this topic got flipped out! Great idea whoever did that! Probably you, Scarlett! :D

We're probably gonna get the tree the first week in Dec. I love having it up as early aspossible because I love the Holiday Season, always have. Christmas reminds me a lot of youth I guess. My Dad sets up his Lionel train set under the tree and one year I actually made him a Cobra boxcar! I'll get pics of that when he gets it all out.

Other than I have one of those min Christmas trees, about 8 inches or so, and set up a small decorative display with various figures. I've got a couple ideas for Christmas related Dios.

Also I take a lot of pride in giving to Toys for Tots. I've always liked buying and picking out gifts and this is a great opportunity to do so. I love toys so this kinda my best way to "give back" so-to-speak.

[Scarrviper]

We put red bows on our fence, the usual tree with lights and ornaments, colored lights and other various decorations in the house.

[yorktownjoe]

I hang icicle lights on the outside of the house, nothing too extravagant. I like making the holiday special for children. I have great memories of Christmas, and I want them to have special memories as well.

I also try to teach them that Christmas is about giving, and how that makes you feel, rather than getting, although that is fun as well.

And it's always good to remember that HE is the reason for the season. That truth sometimes gets lost these days... But it is nice to see the spirit of giving is alive and well. Thanks for the great thread...

[silentdusty]

We used to go all out with lights and everything, but my wife has gone to a less is more attitude, this year it's boughs under the windows, with raffia bows, and a wooden star she made, with a single spot on the front lawn, on the garage we have a tin star. The Christmas tree is standard with various decorations we have collected over the years, we'll put it up around mid December.

[Acantilado]

A beautiful plastic real-looking Christmas tree (we have to be ecological :p ) with lots of decoration on it! Some beautiful ardornments around, and also some decoration on the flat's door to cheer anyone entering. In the past we used to display chrismas cards as a collage, but for some reason people do not send them anymore since almost a decade ago :confused:

But the center of it all is the nativity scene, which is very traditional here in Spain; it is like a small diorama :D When I was a child we used to display it on a small folding table, with over 40 figures in it. Well, ususally it only displays the nativity itself, but many people, like us, like to make it large.

Side note: read about the "Caganer" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caganer), a traditional figure used in the nativity scene here in Catalonia <<< yes, it's real :D



EDIT: I've found a guide to the Spanish Christmas calendar (http://www.escuelai.com/spanish_magazine/christmas_spain.html) :)