The "Just One More Christmas Story To Share With You" Story

It was an ordinary day.  Packing the last of our Christmas "stuff" in boxes so we can take everything to our crawl space in our new home in Woodcrest Villa.  We have been so busy since we moved to Woodcrest that we just haven't had time to finish packing our Christmas ornaments and favorite items and place them in our "crawl space" above our living area.  As Carol and I packed all the items I snapped photos of my favorite items so I could look at them anytime I felt like it was time for Christmas once again.  Well, today was the final day of packing the boxes in our crawl space until next Christmas.  I went through all the photos of my favorite items and decided to let you see what I enjoyed the most about our Christmas ornaments and decorations.  Hope you enjoy them and perhaps like a few of them yourself.  It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.  PS - I should warn you that we have been collecting Christmas "favorites" for over 50+ years of marriage, so the list of photographs that follow is rather lengthy.

Three Kings ornament

Coffee table showing past Christmas cards

Clothes pin that was painted as a Santa

Hand-painted coffee mug with angel ornament

Two corks made into a reindeer

Hand-painted salt and pepper shakers

Two more hand-decorated salt and pepper shakers

One of our two tables prepared for Christmas dinner

Hand-made ornament

Hawaiian girl with lei 

This was a Christmas candle that I got
when I was a child.  It is over 70 years old!

Christmas tree made from seashells

Miniature Santa carved in a branch

Ornament from St. Thomas

Brass ornament made in St. Barth

Neat Santa ornament made from a gourd

Sand dollar ornament from St. Martin

Book of prayers to offer Grace before our meal

Same book showing my Father's name and date when he got it.

 A miniature gourd Santa

Lancaster Train Station ornament

Ceramic deer made by a friend

A new decoration from this year.  Snowman
on chair at the beach!