The Leader's Christmas

We love to decorate for Christmas (some would say we go a bit overboard) but we do not think so. Below are a few images of our decorations. The formal family tree in the living room is loaded with Old World blown glass ornaments. We have been collecting the ornaments since 1997. Our collection contains over 400 ornaments. Many of the ornaments have a special meaning; from a special place we visited on vacation, an ornament for each of our nieces and nephews when they were born, some of our favorite food items, and of course there are Disney ornaments.

The dining room has antique decorations. Doug loves the old fashioned bubble lights so we put those on a garland above the doorway and on the tree in the dining room. The tree is filled with antique glass ornaments. The are a few large blown/mercury glass figurines on display in the dining room also.

In 2007 we added to our Christmas decorations with a Disney theme Christmas tree. We vacationed in Disney World in 2006 and picked up Mickey shaped lights and many Disney ornaments. This tree sits in our upstairs hallway for everyone to enjoy.

The bathroom even gets decorated. Ever since Doug and Tina were married there have been penguins appearing at various times throughout the year. So we used penguins as the decorating theme for the bathroom, now we have a place to display our collection.

Ariel and Madison even decorate in their bedrooms. Since they were little they had their own Christmas trees in their own rooms, with their own decorations. Santa always delivered their presents under their own trees. Ariel recently redecorated her bedroom and does not have room for a big tree anymore so she is looking for new decorations to match her room, until then she is using a tiny shinny tree.