The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!: Christmas 2015

Christmas 2015 was a wonderful time with family and friends. The following is mostly a pictorial account of the Holidays.

The first party of the season


The Center Piece

Some of the decorations this year were new and some were traditional ones of which, I wanted to get good photos.


Dickens type lantern

This is an arrangement that I put on top of the Dining Room chandelier.
It is simply a artificial pine wreath turned bottom side up and resting on the top of the chandelier.
I then decorate it in the snowflake theme like the rest of the Dining Room.

This is the Mouse Choir. It has been around a long time.

The "pencil tree"was new this year. It is really cute and convenient for small spaces.

This Advent Calendar was also new this year. The cardboard part came from a craft store un-decorated. We could then design it however we wanted.

Each year the family gets together for the Snowflake Party. This is a time when we have a meal of many types of appetizers and set the table with white and silver china, stemware, and cloth napkins. The theme is of course, snowflakes. I like to use a mostly white and silver color scheme for the table because it is so elegant.

These are the traditional gifts that Jack Frost gives out each year at the Snowflake Party;
all wrapped and ready for the big night. They must be wrapped in snowflake paper--of course.

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The Centerpiece for the Snowflake table this year.
It is glass bowls with "snow" and real flowers in the bottom two. In the top bowl is "snow" and a snowball candle.
The "snow" is Epson salts, which is also sparkly like snow.

This is a close up the the bottom bowl with the flowers and little silver snowflakes.

A close of the top bowl with a snowball candle.

On either side of the stacked bowls, I added small unique glass tea light holders
with "snow" and small white snowflakes. I also used a pale blue and silver organza
and satin ribbon and scattered a few clear acrylic gems around as well a a few "snowballs".

These were the napkin rings for the Snowflake Party.

The place card

The party favor sleighs with "snowball" cookies inside.

The menu card

The center piece is now lighted in the middle of the table that is all ready for the party to begin.

Christmas morning breakfast is another time for the family to get together. This time the color scheme is of course, red and green. We also have a menu of a traditional nut roll, sausage, and tea. Sometimes we add a new side addition to this menu; but the nut roll and sausage are a must.

This is the same basic arrangement from the Snowflake Party, but with red miniature ornaments and red candle added.

The bottom bowl with red ornaments

The top bowl with jingle bells, hollies, and candle.


The complete Christmas Breakfast center piece.

The Christmas Breakfast Table

The Dickens style hats were the Breakfast party favors.

The Breakfast place cards

These are the holly and snowflake napkin rings.

The Christmas Breakfast place setting.

Since the table is smaller at Christmas Dinner I used these little tea light holders with hollies and jingle bells in the "snow" instead of the little oil lamps.

Christmas Evening we had a few friends over and passed out these party favors. The "bowl" is peppermints melted slightly and then shaped into a bowl. Find the directions on Pinterest.