Merry Christmas to All

Here is a brief Christmas wish to all my friends: May you all have a warm, wonderful holiday, however you choose to spend it. Be safe, find cheer and love one another as well as yourselves.

For those of you who can't make it to my place, I wanted to share some photos of my decorations:

This is my silver foil Christmas tree, circa 1960's. This year I decorated it entirely in green and Irish ornaments. Note the color wheel, the musical train around the base and the olive wood nativity.



This is the ceramic tree I inherited from my Grandmother. It has colorful cracked-glass marbles set into the branches. Lighted, it looks a bit like this:


My small bookcase displays Irish Christmas items, including an Irish nativity, leprechaun nutcracker and some Irish Santas on the top:


My entertainment center displays my collection of International Santas, some Christmas music boxes, nutcrackers, etc.


The left speaker displays my collection of Santa and Christmas Pez dispensers:


And finally, my large bookcase displays some of my Christmas snowglobe collection and my Avon nativity:

Here's a close-up of the white bisque porcelain nativity:

This photo also shows my favorite snowglobes: the tacky, plastic figural Santa globes so popular in the 50's and 60's. I'm always on the lookout for more Christmas figural snowglobes, especially regional ones.

Enjoy your day, my friends! New Year's Eve for me will be spent with friends in NYC!