Traditions! Love 'em!
We have several the day after Thanksgiving. More recently Savanna and I have been getting up at 5:00 AM and going out shopping for black Friday. First we shopped, then went to Cracker Barrel for breakfast, then shopped again and got home at about 10:00 am. Vanna and I are serious bargain hunters and we got 70% off on most of our merchandise. Believe it or not we spent the most time at Salvation Army. That's our favorite store. Seriously! And yes, they had black friday sales!
Things took off like a rocket when we got home because the main thing we do on this day is the Christmas decorating of our home. We decorated the church with a team of amazing folks from Celebration this past Monday - Wednesday and now it was time to focus on our home. Our house is the gathering spot for a lot of things during this season for the church. I have a women's gathering here, we have our leadership and their families here (about 70-80 people), and in a few weeks we'll also have our newcomer's over. Each year I've also had a huge New Year's Eve party, probably about 100 people, and we have our decor up for that too.
We have a lot of Christmas trees. Last year there were 8. We're not quite there yet this year -- we had one tree break last year and I had to throw it away and I'll be looking for a bargain at the end of the season to add to our collection. I still don't have the tree in our bedroom up yet. By the way there's a reason I have all these trees. Go here to read about it. Get some tissues first. This is one of my blog posts that has gotten the most feedback, the most e-mail and tears, and well...it's just real special.
Here's what my house looks like so far:
We have several the day after Thanksgiving. More recently Savanna and I have been getting up at 5:00 AM and going out shopping for black Friday. First we shopped, then went to Cracker Barrel for breakfast, then shopped again and got home at about 10:00 am. Vanna and I are serious bargain hunters and we got 70% off on most of our merchandise. Believe it or not we spent the most time at Salvation Army. That's our favorite store. Seriously! And yes, they had black friday sales!
Things took off like a rocket when we got home because the main thing we do on this day is the Christmas decorating of our home. We decorated the church with a team of amazing folks from Celebration this past Monday - Wednesday and now it was time to focus on our home. Our house is the gathering spot for a lot of things during this season for the church. I have a women's gathering here, we have our leadership and their families here (about 70-80 people), and in a few weeks we'll also have our newcomer's over. Each year I've also had a huge New Year's Eve party, probably about 100 people, and we have our decor up for that too.
We have a lot of Christmas trees. Last year there were 8. We're not quite there yet this year -- we had one tree break last year and I had to throw it away and I'll be looking for a bargain at the end of the season to add to our collection. I still don't have the tree in our bedroom up yet. By the way there's a reason I have all these trees. Go here to read about it. Get some tissues first. This is one of my blog posts that has gotten the most feedback, the most e-mail and tears, and well...it's just real special.
Here's what my house looks like so far:
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