Goodbye Trees

You know those people who take down their Christmas trees the day after Christmas and get their house neatly put back into place? Yea, I'm not one of them. One year I didn't take my tree down until the last week of January even! I haven't had to work this week so one of many goals has been to take down all of the Christmas items...I'm getting to it...really. We never got a chance to show off our Christmas homes so before I actually disassemble all of this chaos I thought I should at least get this last chance to show it off a bit.

2 years ago when Dept. 56 basically went under my heart sank. My tree ornaments, wreath, etc. are all part of the Krinkles collection by Patience Brewster. While I know I'll never be able to expand the collection past my mantle and slim tree I just can't imagine starting a new one.

My mom, however, can't start enough different trees. Growing up we sometimes had 7 Christmas trees to set up each year. This white tree above is one of hers and my absolute favorite. It's decorated with brightly colored candy ornaments and that sleigh it's in this year was a recent craigslist find. It looks absolutely amazing in person!