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Let's see your Holiday Decorations!
- Thread starter AbbysMom
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The decorations never really change from year to year around here....
Kitchen table area
The stove area....the stove is working again! I baked cookies this morning! We used to put garland above the kitchen cabinets. But then Mollipop decided that garland was really nice stuff to chew on. She wrecked it and we never bought any new to replace it. Why bother...she'd just get up there and wreck that, too. Don't get me wrong; I love the furkids, but gosh-darn it, it would nice to be able to do stuff without the cats destroying everything every chance they get! We're really surprised that they didn't get to the swags at the end cabinets.
By the sink and the China cabinet area
The fridge. That plastic Santa cookie jar is probably a good 40 years old anyway. I put him out, simply because we've had him forever. And he looks pretty good up there on top of the fridge.
Oh, Rick says there's a reason why we ended up with beagle....check out Snoopy on top of the cabinet....he's been with us since 1971, I think, so he's pretty old. We also have a lot of Snoopy ornaments on the tree. Seems fitting that we ended up with Miss J.
The kitchen and living room
Alas, there is no Tacky White Tree of 2015. Why? Because Jackie's crate is in that spot. Our house is really small and there's no place to put the crate. So no TWT this year. I really missed it this morning. I love baking cookies, enjoying the music (this morning I listened to ACDC, Aerosmith, Billy Joel, and Mark Knopfler), and seeing the lights of the TWT.
I didn't know what Jackie would do with the music; I know she's not used to hearing it. But she seemed to handle it well. I didn't have it blaring like I normally do because she's not used to music.
So here's Jackie's crate instead of my wonderfully tacky Tacky White Tree of 2015.
The stockings. We have no fireplace, so the railing will have to do. We used to arrange garland and lights at the railing, too, but the cats destroyed the garland and started chewing on the lights.
Our Snoopy Christmas night light in the bathroom. We've had him for such a long time. When our son moved out, he asked us if he could take Snoopy with him. Um, no, we're not ready to give him up yet.
And cookies.
And cookies. I said I wasn't going to bake much in the way of cookies this year (you should see the freezer).
And well, here's the Tacky White Tree of 2014...I dearly love my TWT!
Kitchen table area
The stove area....the stove is working again! I baked cookies this morning! We used to put garland above the kitchen cabinets. But then Mollipop decided that garland was really nice stuff to chew on. She wrecked it and we never bought any new to replace it. Why bother...she'd just get up there and wreck that, too. Don't get me wrong; I love the furkids, but gosh-darn it, it would nice to be able to do stuff without the cats destroying everything every chance they get! We're really surprised that they didn't get to the swags at the end cabinets.
By the sink and the China cabinet area
The fridge. That plastic Santa cookie jar is probably a good 40 years old anyway. I put him out, simply because we've had him forever. And he looks pretty good up there on top of the fridge.
Oh, Rick says there's a reason why we ended up with beagle....check out Snoopy on top of the cabinet....he's been with us since 1971, I think, so he's pretty old. We also have a lot of Snoopy ornaments on the tree. Seems fitting that we ended up with Miss J.
The kitchen and living room
Alas, there is no Tacky White Tree of 2015. Why? Because Jackie's crate is in that spot. Our house is really small and there's no place to put the crate. So no TWT this year. I really missed it this morning. I love baking cookies, enjoying the music (this morning I listened to ACDC, Aerosmith, Billy Joel, and Mark Knopfler), and seeing the lights of the TWT.
I didn't know what Jackie would do with the music; I know she's not used to hearing it. But she seemed to handle it well. I didn't have it blaring like I normally do because she's not used to music.
So here's Jackie's crate instead of my wonderfully tacky Tacky White Tree of 2015.
The stockings. We have no fireplace, so the railing will have to do. We used to arrange garland and lights at the railing, too, but the cats destroyed the garland and started chewing on the lights.
Our Snoopy Christmas night light in the bathroom. We've had him for such a long time. When our son moved out, he asked us if he could take Snoopy with him. Um, no, we're not ready to give him up yet.
And cookies.
And cookies. I said I wasn't going to bake much in the way of cookies this year (you should see the freezer).
And well, here's the Tacky White Tree of 2014...I dearly love my TWT!
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Thanks so much for posting your trees and other holiday decorations, I really have enjoyed seeing them. They are all beautiful.
I'm not putting any up. What doesn't go up doesn't have to come down and get put away.
I think the locking mechanism isn't working properly. I slammed the door twice; the second time, I really slammed it....cussing like a sailor didn't hurt either. The second slam was enough to trip the lock and it's working fine now. I did cookies on Sunday and again yesterday, using both ovens, and it works fine. Did a beef roast last night with popovers and it was fine. Thank goodness.
We like the fridge, too.
Nope, no room for the TWT this year. Believe me, I really miss the thing. I thought about it yesterday when I was baking cookies. It just seems so wrong not to have the TWT in the kitchen. I know, I know, there are way more important things to worry about than an old Tacky White Tree. But I really do miss it. And I'm sure Tabby misses sleeping in the tree, too. We tried to figure out a way to put it up somewhere. There's just no room. And because the bedroom isn't finished yet, we didn't put the bedroom tree up this year either.
I made two batches of snickerdoodles (one for Rick and one for my niece), chocolate chip cookies, gingersnaps, vanilla spritz, drop sugar cookies, cut-out sugar cookies, cut-out maple cookies, chocolate crinkles, two batches of peanut butter sandwich cookies, peppermint icebox cookies, and chocolate meringues. If people can't find a cookie they like in that mess, that's their problem! I tried to pick out a good vanilla, a good chocolate, and a good peanut butter variety. I brought a huge plate of cookies into work this morning. There's already a serious dent in the cookies and my co-workers didn't come in yet.
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Here's mine. 
I wanted to get more done, but I just did not have time this year. I was planning on doing lighted wreaths outside on all the windows, and doing something pretty on the dining room table. But oh well, there's always next year!
Everything is champagne, gold, silver, and white... and sparkly. Don't mind the cat photobombing in the first photo.
I wanted to get more done, but I just did not have time this year. I was planning on doing lighted wreaths outside on all the windows, and doing something pretty on the dining room table. But oh well, there's always next year! Everything is champagne, gold, silver, and white... and sparkly. Don't mind the cat photobombing in the first photo.
Here's mine.
Everything is champagne, gold, silver, and white... and sparkly. Don't mind the cat photobombing in the first photo. :lol3:
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It's all very pretty. Don't the cats destroy anything?
Not really. They're pretty much floor dwelling cats. The highest they really jump is the couch or the bed. I have pretty vases and other items on a low coffee table, and they've never touched them.
They have not tried to climb the tree either, though they did enjoy laying on the faux fur tree skirt underneath. To be on the safe side, I did get mostly shatterproof ornaments this year, as well as ribbon hangers instead of hooks. They haven't touched a single ornament though. I got lucky with these cats.
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You certainly did. They're very well behaved.Not really. They're pretty much floor dwelling cats. The highest they really jump is the couch or the bed. I have pretty vases and other items on a low coffee table, and they've never touched them.
They have not tried to climb the tree either, though they did enjoy laying on the faux fur tree skirt underneath. To be on the safe side, I did get mostly shatterproof ornaments this year, as well as ribbon hangers instead of hooks. They haven't touched a single ornament though. I got lucky with these cats.
I tried decorating. Comet decided to de-dec while I was gone one day. So I'm putting stockings on the cat tree and calling that a Christmas tree (at about 4 am so it suprises my daughter.
I can't stop looking at your fridge. It's glorious.I think the locking mechanism isn't working properly. I slammed the door twice; the second time, I really slammed it....cussing like a sailor didn't hurt either. The second slam was enough to trip the lock and it's working fine now. I did cookies on Sunday and again yesterday, using both ovens, and it works fine. Did a beef roast last night with popovers and it was fine. Thank goodness.
We like the fridge, too.
Nope, no room for the TWT this year. Believe me, I really miss the thing. I thought about it yesterday when I was baking cookies. It just seems so wrong not to have the TWT in the kitchen. I know, I know, there are way more important things to worry about than an old Tacky White Tree. But I really do miss it. And I'm sure Tabby misses sleeping in the tree, too. We tried to figure out a way to put it up somewhere. There's just no room. And because the bedroom isn't finished yet, we didn't put the bedroom tree up this year either.
I made two batches of snickerdoodles (one for Rick and one for my niece), chocolate chip cookies, gingersnaps, vanilla spritz, drop sugar cookies, cut-out sugar cookies, cut-out maple cookies, chocolate crinkles, two batches of peanut butter sandwich cookies, peppermint icebox cookies, and chocolate meringues. If people can't find a cookie they like in that mess, that's their problem! I tried to pick out a good vanilla, a good chocolate, and a good peanut butter variety. I brought a huge plate of cookies into work this morning. There's already a serious dent in the cookies and my co-workers didn't come
in yet.
Paiger8: You're lucky having floor dwelling cats. Ruby thinks the Christmas tree is a cat toy hanging tree, so my tree is pretty oddly decorated with most ornaments on the top 2/3 of the tree. And no ornaments within paw reach on the side of the tree by her condo. I do put a couple unbreakables down low that she can swat at and bat across the floor once she knocks it off the tree.Not really. They're pretty much floor dwelling cats. The highest they really jump is the couch or the bed. I have pretty vases and other items on a low coffee table, and they've never touched them.
They have not tried to climb the tree either, though they did enjoy laying on the faux fur tree skirt underneath. To be on the safe side, I did get mostly shatterproof ornaments this year, as well as ribbon hangers instead of hooks. They haven't touched a single ornament though. I got lucky with these cats.
Winchester: you may call it "tacky", buy your TWT is actually very pretty.
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Thanks, Judy! We really like our fridge. It holds everything I need it to hold and then some.
If it ever disappears, God forbid, you know where to look for it.
What make is it?
This is sooooo true!
I meant this:
I'm not putting any up. What doesn't go up doesn't have to come down and get put away.
I might beat you to it. That's a pretty awesome fridge. Mine is a side by side Maytag and I hate it. The freezer is small.
I love seeing the updated pics of your granddaughter that you use as your avatar. She's getting prettier every day.
Thank. I. She is a pretty little girl and sooooo spoilt by the whole family which includes all the children. I'm waiting for better pictures.I might beat you to it. That's a pretty awesome frid. . Mine is a side by side Maytag and I hate it. The freezer is small.
I love seeing the updated pics of your granddaughter that you use as your avatar. She's getting prettier every day.
