View of our music area, with a record player on the left, a record holder with Christmas albums, a large yellow chair, and a silver aluminum Christmas tree on the right, a large lighted Kodak sign hangs on the wall.

Christmastime Once Again

December 9, 2025, 4 Comments

November, much like October, flew by, and we had a lot of ups and downs, causing quite the delay in getting our home decorated for Christmas, but it is finally done, and ready to share with you all! Unlike previous years, where we tried to cram in our collection of aluminum trees, this year we…

Multiple stuff Santas sit on the couch under a swag of vintage Christmas cards pinned to a line.

Christmastime at Home

December 4, 2024, 1 Comment

We are in December! It’s hard to believe that we are just 20 days away from Christmas! So it is time to share with you our home all decorated for the holidays! Between post-Anaheim Halloween Parade activities, and both Patrick and I getting a cold, we were slow to decorate, and we also chose to…

View of our various Christmas trees, flying above the trees is a pair of blow mold reindeer, below is a red coconut chair with two vintage plush Santas in them, and to the right are three aluminum Christmas trees, one blue, one pink, and one gold.

The Holidays are Here!

December 5, 2023, 1 Comment

December has arrived and we finally finished decorating. The biggest thing I was excited about this year wasn’t really any new additions, as much as it was finally finding an aluminum tree set up I liked! Although we still didn’t put up all of the trees! If you’ve been reading for awhile, you’ll see the…

Overall view of our living room, with a large desert landscape in oranges and yellows hanging on the wall, between it and the couch are vintage Christmas cards and a vintage Coca-Cola advertisement. Sitting on the orange couches are Santa plush dolls. On the TV is a scene from Christmas Chronicles.

Christmas Time is Here Again

December 13, 2022, 1 Comment

Christmas is almost here, and we’ve decorated the house top to bottom for the holiday. It was our first Christmas with Houdini, and as he is a little more curious and rambunctious than Colonel Whiskers, we didn’t put up as many trees as in the past, so you’ll see that the pink and blue trees…

View of our dining room. A warm blonde wood table sits in the middle, with six chairs around. In the middle of the table is a silver and gold mini aluminum tree. Hanging on one wall is a wall-hanging version of an aluminum tree, and on another wall are three framed pieces of vintage wrapping paper.

Christmasville

December 15, 2021, 4 Comments

This year I got over Halloween oddly quickly, and was very eager to put up Christmas. However I ran into a hiccup that wasn’t totally unexpected. I’ve never been one hundred percent happy with the arrangements of our collection of vintage aluminum Christmas trees, plus we keep adding new ones, so it is ever changing.…

A trio of three foot aluminum trees, one pink, one blue, and one gold.

Christmas is Near

December 8, 2020, 8 Comments

This has been one rollercoaster of a year and I swear that while time moved at a snail’s pace earlier this year, I feel like it’s just sped up since, because I can’t believe it’s December! Decorating took a little longer than previous years because we acquired another vintage aluminum Christmas tree, a blue one,…

Our collection of aluminum Christmas trees huddle against a wall, a tall green tree, next to a shorter gold tree, pink tree and silver tree. The trees are covered with glass ball ornaments of various colors. Wrapped presents sit below.

Never Too Many Christmas Trees

December 4, 2019, 10 Comments

It’s hard to believe it’s December. I feel like Halloween was just last week! We recently decorated the house for Christmas, which took a little longer than last year, as between then and now we acquired another vintage aluminum Christmas tree, a four foot gold tree. So this year we decided to move out some…

How to (Mostly) Cat Proof Your Christmas Tree

December 13, 2018, 3 Comments

Every year around Christmastime, the internet is flooded with pictures and stories of cats terrorizing Christmas trees. I had cats growing up, and they simply loved climbing up into the branches of our trees. We had both fake and real trees over the years, and the cats loved both equally. The following is a guide…

Santa waves from his sleigh full of toys as he appears to take off, pulled by three reindeer.

Deck the Halls…er, Yard

December 11, 2018, 7 Comments

Growing up, my dad always went all out for Christmas, both inside and outside. When it came to the outside, we had a combination of vintage wooden pieces lighted by flood lights and the lighted classic blow mold plastic, and the roof was edged in those iconic large bulbs, which I later learned were called…

An overall shot of part of our living room featuring the six foot tall green aluminum tree on the right, a four foot tall silver aluminum tree on the right. A mauve colored chair sits against the wall in the back with small, vintage stuffed Santas.

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

December 4, 2018, 7 Comments

We just wrapped up decorating for Christmas last week! So it’s time to share how we have decked our halls this season. And for the first time, we decorated a just little bit in the kitchen with some small ceramics and bottle brush trees. Long time readers of the blog will know my passion for…

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vintage Christmas decorations

Christmastime Once Again

Christmastime at Home

The Holidays are Here!

Christmas Time is Here Again

Christmasville

Christmas is Near

Never Too Many Christmas Trees

How to (Mostly) Cat Proof Your Christmas Tree

Deck the Halls…er, Yard

Santa Claus is Coming to Town