#19 - 19th Christmas Tree post,

[Photo copied from a FB friend, thank you]

     Santa  Ready 

'Tis Christmas Eve 

Stockings are hung 

All are asleep 

Santa will come 

Will he bring toys 

He aims to please 

All girls and boys 

So he'll for me 

Thanks in advance 

I'll dance for joy 

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- Ditty Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2023, all Rights Reserved 

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#17 - 17th Christmas Tree post, Store Colection

Our Walmart Christmas tree section 
[click picture for a MUCH larger view]

Did you buy a tree here, one of Walmart's Christmas sections?  We've had our current tree when we moved here nine years ago.  We bought an 'on sale' pre-lighted seven-footer (much shorter than our former--there we had 19-foot living room ceiling, here it is 23 feet, tree at XXX Department store near us in Katy, Texas.  So far all of its white lights still burn. 

We are greeted at the front door of our Walmart store by this huge blow-up Santa. It is over nine years old; it was here when we came.  

Blow up yard decorations, someone stole our younger daughter's Rudolph from their front yard.  Could it be the ones who stole our wheeled green garbage recycle can sever years ago.

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#16 - 16th Christmas Tree post, a Decoration - 2023

Mrs. Jim's Santa helper guy 

This is Mrs. Jim's LSU Santa helper.  He stays either under our tree or on the hearth.  We got him a few years ago at an After Christmas sale in Houston.  One side of his sales tag says "Handmade" and the other's said "Made in China".  

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13th Christmas Tree - 2023 - Our Tree

Our Christmas Tree 
You can click on any picture to make it larger

We didn't decorate our tree this year.  Company has been here and gone to their families, some are off skiing, and we will be alone, the two of us.  That is alright, just that hasn't happened for a long time.  

Below the tree is our Fisher Price Nativity set.  We've had it for a long time.  Before that though, we purchased another nativity set in Bethlehem, Jerusalem, back in 1980.  I may show it later, it is displayed year-round in the bookcase boarding the fireplace.  (See the Snowman hiding behind.) 

  

Santa is to the right in the picture above, standing on the fireplace hearth.  

This is the snowman that was hiding behind the nativity set.  I don't know his history, we've had him for a long time also.   

A note:

I searched for some of our prior trees.  Click here, they are mixed in with a lot of other trees, all years.

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#09 - 9th Christmas Tree - 2023 - Trains

 

[Remember, click on most any picture to make it larger]

This is the model train display in our church foyer.  Last year we had two displays, not sure the whereabouts and whys of the other one's absence. 

Most everyone likes to watch it a bit, the younger children are entranced. 

One of my favorite features is the merry'-go-round running in the near right hand corner.  Three trains go around, each on its own tracks. 

!! MERRY CHRISTMAS 2023 !! 

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