Christmas

This year our Christmas will be a little different for our family.  We are living in a much smaller home, and most of our decorations are out in a small storage shed- buried under who-knows-what.  We don't have a lot of room for a grand tree- yet I still want to make it special for us all.  We have decided to get a live tree (in a container) and after Christmas we will find a nice spot to plant it.  We have always had artificial trees- but we sold ours before our move.  Our decorations are going to be home-made this year.  We are going to do the traditional popcorn string, paper chain garland, and maybe tissue paper flowers all over.  I'm sure the boys will have plenty of ideas of things to decorate the tree with.  I am sure we will miss seeing all the decorations that we have collected over the years, but I am hopeful that we will build lasting memories of the year we shook Christmas up a bit. 

The thing I am going to miss the most is having a fireplace to put the stockings.  I could probably hang them off of one of our cabinets, but it is just not the same.  I am going to try and get creative on a stocking substitute...I am open to suggestions!

I am excited about spending Christmas in our little cozy house and building some new traditions with my family.  I have a feeling that even when we do have access to all our ornaments and decorations we will carry on some of our new home-made adornments in the years to come.