It Is Almost Christmas

Eight more days until Christmas.  December 25th is known throughout the world as the day that Jesus the Christ was born.  Emanuel Jesus the Christ has always been a very important person in my life.  Jesus has influenced me on just about every level and continues to do so.   Over the years as I awakened spiritually, December 25th has taken on even more profound meaning to me.  It is not only about the birth of Jesus, but also the birth or acknowledgement of the Christ that resides within and directly above all people.  It is about remembering to turn within towards that Magic Presence that goes before me and stands behind me every time I go out into the world.   
    

 

Exchanging gifts during the Christmas season is a fun thing to do, but it has gotten way out of hand over the past several years, so me and my family do not focus much on that anymore.  I do put a lot of energy into Christmas decorating.  I love real Christmas trees and seeing so many festive lights all over the place.  There is nothing quite like an old fashioned Christmas. 

It's Christmas Time YAY!!!

Finally we are all done with Thanksgiving for this year and we can focus on my favorite Holiday...Christmas.  It has not started snowing yet here in my part of the country and I am not complaining.  I love the snow, but as a home owner I do not like having to shovel it.  Snow looks very pretty though when it first falls from the sky.  I started Christmas decorating over the weekend and I will take photos when it is all done and post them.I bought a real tree over the weekend and it is up, but not yet decorated.  I spent the weekend mostly reading a book which I enjoyed. 
 

 I love coloful and old fashioned Christmas ornaments.  
 

I light candles all year round but at Christmas time I like to have bunches of candles burning in various areas around my home.

A Simple Thought Merry Christmas

Nativity set made in Uganda.

I love finding Christmas decoration inspiration from other bloggers.  This one is from Simple Thoughts.  Paige Knudsen is the owner of Simple Thoughts blog and her home is so beautiful that I kept looking at her photos repeatedly.  
 

I love the idea of putting Christmas greenery inside Christmas stockings.
 

A well decorated mantle is allways the focal poingt of any room.
 

This looks so cozy.  
 

I love the sofa.  
 

 I never used to like brush cones, but now I really like them.

If you have a large spacious home you can actually put up more than one Christmas tree and the results are spectacular as you can see in Paige Knudsen's beautiful home.  Sometimes I put up two Christmas trees because I have a big house.  This year besides the main one in the front parlor room I am putting one in my kitchen and one in my upstairs window bay room.    
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Amanda Carol At Home Christmas Decorations

I really love what Amanda Carol At Home did last year for 2011 Christmas.