Made-from-Scratch Christmas

Decorations are going up all over the place, something that usually ignites my holiday flame and gets me in the mood for All Things Christmas. However, this has been a tough year (really tough), so the fact that all of our holiday decorations are in a storage unit in Chattanooga is pretty annoying. It would be comforting to lovingly unwrap my favorite ornaments, family heirloom decor and our patchwork stockings from Becky and hang everything around the house that won’t sell. My brain is tempted to dwell on Christmas Past when we’d make a day of it all – chopping down the Christmas tree, sipping hot cider in the lodge while it’s tethered to the car and singing carols on the way home to decorate it.  (That’s little one-year-old Jack and four-year-old Jeremy you see there.)

Remembering sweet holidays is one thing. Letting it depress me is another. And since finances (and logic) won’t let me purchase all new decorations this year, I’m doing the next best thing. The boys and I will make this Christmas from scratch. Since we don’t have a tree stand, we’ll forgo the real tree and get creative. We’ll cut snowflakes from white paper and string together popcorn with twine. We’ll make construction paper garland and hang a few strings of patio lights in the living room. We’ll make do, and we’ll make it fun. I may not see my favorite ornaments for another year, but that doesn’t mean this holiday season is a wash. It’s going to be different and that’s okay.

Sidebar: I did see some ornaments at Target today that are worth buying. I mean, just because I don’t have a tree this year on which to hang them doesn’t mean I won’t ever have a tree again. Let’s just say I saw a few owl ornaments hanging in the holiday department, and I’m not sure I can ignore something like that.

So anyway, the Made-from-Scratch Christmas begins next week. I’ll keep you posted on our progress, reader, because I know you’re dying to see how those popcorn strands are going to turn out.

3 Comments

  1. Don’t forget to string gummies – they are easier for the kiddos to string than popcorn… trace shapes on foam core and cut out and let boys decorate.

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