I Will Honour Christmas In My Heart

I will honour Christmas in my heart,
and try to keep it all the year.
I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future.
The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me.
I will not shut out the lessons that they teach!

~ Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

Sunday, December 23, 2018

My Christmas Home Tour and Number of Trees Reveal!! , 2018

  Welcome to my Christmas Blog, A Debbie-Dabble Christmas!!

Today, I will be taking you on a Tour of our townhouse decorated for Christmas, room by room and I will be revealing how many decorated Trees I have for this holiday Season!!!!

I read a post the other day where the author complained that it took her 4 days to decorate!!!!

I laughed!!!

HYSTERICALLY!!!!!

People often ask me how long it takes for me to decorate my entire house.....

Now I have to say that I not only pack up all my normal everyday things but I also clean them so that I will not have to do it when I unpack them to put them back out.

I also give each room a good cleaning so that all I do is dust with Swifter dusters for the rest of the Holiday Season.....

Well, here is the breakdown:

Upstairs Hallway: 1 day
Upstairs Bathroom: 1 day
Master Bedroom: 1-2 days
Sitting Room: 2-3 days
Craft Room: 2 -3 days
Front of the House: 2-3 days
Living Room: 4 days
Dining Room: 2-3 days
Kitchen: 2 days
Powder Room: 1-2 days
Den: 2-3 days
Doll House: 1 day

So it takes me roughly 25 days!!!!!

I start the upstairs in September right after I finish decorating the downstairs for Fall and Halloween and I am finished with the upstairs by the end of October.....

I start taking down Fall and Halloween on November 1st and start decorating for Christmas as soon as Fall and Halloween are all packed up!!

Keep in mind that I still work........3 days one week and 4 days the other week.......7 days in a 2 week pay period!!!!

We will start the Tour outside of our townhouse........

This is the view from our 2 parking spaces in front of our house.....

You have to walk up 13 steps to get to the sidewalk that runs in front of our row of 10 townhouses.....
When you get to the top of the steps, this is what you see.......
Our front porch......
I am pretty much going to let the pictures do the talking in this post except for counting the decorated Christmas Trees........
 Flower bed under the Living Room window......
 Front yard.....
 Click HERE if you want to read the post on our front porch and yard.....

Now let's move inside to the Living Room........

Directly to the right of the front door......
This is directly to the left of the front door......
Tree #1......
 A 4 foot Tree decorated with vintage Shiny Brite ornaments in red, gold and green.......
  Tree #2......
 A 7 foot Tree decorated with Victorian style ornaments in red, green and gold......
 My Victorian Christmas Village......
 Click HERE, HERE and HERE to see individual posts on the Living Room....

The Dining Room.......
 These 2 gold Trees decorated with white snowflakes are Trees #3 and #4.....
If I hung or there are some type of ornaments on the Tree, I count it , no matter the size!!!
Tree #5.....
 This 7 foot pencil Tree is decorated with Victorian style ornaments in pink, white and gold.....

 Click HERE and HERE to see posts on the Dining Room.....

The Kitchen.......
Tree # 6......
 This 4 1/2 foot Tree is decorated with gingerbread, candy and Christmas Kitchen ornaments....

Tree #7.......
 This 1 foot Tree was rescued from being donated to Salvation Army by my neighbor Elly's sons who are cleaning out her home since she passed away.....
It is decorated with candy ornaments, cookie cutters and a few berries......
 Click HERE to read my post on the Kitchen decorated for Christmas......

The Powder Room.......
Tree #8.......
 This 3 foot Tree is decorated with Snow buddy ornaments, snowflake and icicle ornaments and silver balls......
Click HERE to read the post on the Powder Room......

The Den.....

Tree #9.....
 This 4 1/2 foot Tree is decorated with Victorian style and Thomas Kinkade ornaments in burgundy, ivory and gold....
Tree #10.......
 This LED branch Tree is decorated with Victorian style ornaments....
There are decorated Trees in the Doll House so I am counting them!!!!

Tree #11......
Tree #12.....
Tree #13........
Tree #14......
Not counting the small Tree in the Bathroom!!
Tree # 15......
 Click HERE to read the post on Nelson Crest all decked out for Christmas !!!!
 Tree #16......
 This Victorian style feather Tree is decorated with ornaments of children from the 1940's and the 1950's...
Tree #17!!!
I aso rescued this Tree from Salvation Army as my neighbor's sons were going to donate it.....
I decorated it with tiny white mitten ornaments......
 Click HERE and HERE to read the posts on the Den and China Cupboard......

Okay, to recap before we go upstairs.......

17 Trees downstairs including 4 Trees in the Doll house!!

Let's see how many are Upstairs.......

Hallway.......
Tree #18....
 Yes, it is branches of a Tree but I also hung ornaments on it!!!
Click HERE to see the post on the Upstairs Hallway.....

Master Bedroom.......
 Tree #19......
 This 4 foot Tree is decorated with ornaments of Victorian style hats, gloves, shoes, dress forms and even dressers and dresser chairs.....
 Tree #20 and yes, I painstakingly hung mini ornaments on this vintage gold tinsel Tree!!!
 Tree #21.......
 This 1 foot Tree is decorated with Pittsburgh Steeler and Penguin ornaments......
 Click HERE to see the post on our Master Bedroom.......

 Upstairs Bathroom........
Tree #22.....
This 1 1/2 foot Tree is decorated with gold, green and purple ornaments.....
Click HERE to see the post on the Upstairs Bathroom......

Craft Room.....

 Tree #23.....
 This 1 1/2 foot Feather style Tree is decorated with green and pink ornaments......
Tree #24.......
This 6 foot Tree is decorated with Victorian style pink, green and white ornaments......
Tree #25.....
This little Tree is decorated with a vintage Angel topper that was mine as a child and pink ornaments.....
Click HERE to see the post on the Craft Room.....

 Sitting Room......
Tree #26.......
This 6 foot Tree is decorated with ornaments in the colors of aqua, green, bright pink, lavender and silver and also some vintage Shiny Brite ornaments and our family ornaments with a few Victorian style ornaments.....
Tree #27......
This 1 foot Tree is decorated with bright pink ornaments.......
And my Final Tree.........

Tree #28......
This 2 foot Tree is decorated with ornaments in bright pink, aqua, green. lavendaer and silver, matching the larger Tree in this room.......
Click HERE to see my post on the Sitting Room decorated for Christmas......

So there you have it.....

11 decorated Trees upstairs.......

Plus 17 decorated Trees downstairs.......

Total of 28 decorated Trees with 5 of them inside of my Victorian Doll House!!!!

I hope you enjoyed my Christmas Home Tour Series and this post of the whole house......

 I am going to take a few days off from posting......


But I hope you will come by and visit  again!!

And thanks to those who took the time out of their busy day to spend a little bit of time with me!!

If you do not have a blog, PLEASE  give me some way to reply to your comment, maybe by including your email in your comment.  If I can not find a way to reach you, I will reply on the post where you commented so please check back......

However, if you are a vendor and insist upon leaving a comment with a link back to a website, You have forced me to now moderate ALL comments so do NOT even try it!

Hugs,
Debbie
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16 comments:

  1. Dear Debbie, this tour is breathtaking. Thanks for sharing Your fairyland. Merry Christmas to You and Your family
    Hugs

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  2. What a true Christmas wonderland! You could certainly give tours -- you would be swamped if you did, though! Thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas!

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    1. Mary,
      Thanks so much for stopping by!! I really appreciate your very kind words!
      Hugs,
      Debbie

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  3. You've captured Christmas in every corner of your house! Your guests must revel in the spirit. I've sent your post to my mother-in-law who shares your decorating gene (she's got 33 trees).
    Sandra @ Dinner at Eight
    https://cometodinnerat8.blogspot.com

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  4. Beautiful ! I always look forward to your Christmas decorations ! A couple of years ago you mentioned some dolls?

    which were made in Pa. Can you give me that info again? Thanks so much.

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    1. I believe you mean Byer's Choice Carolers...... Here is the web site: https://www.byerschoice.com/
      Yes, they are made in Pa, ad are sold in many sores through our area. They are hand made for the most part and no 2 are alike....Thanks so much for stopping by and for your kind words!!
      Hugs,
      Debbie

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  5. Beautiful. Hope you had a lovely Christmas, dear Debbie.
    Amalia
    xo

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  6. Hello Debbie. I loved looking at all your Christmas posts. Looked forward to them. You really and truly are a Christmas girl! WOW WOW WOW Of course, I LOVED the dollhouse post. You know how much I LOVE dollhouses. (Check my post on my two dollhouses now being displayed.) Debbie, I wish you the very happiest of new years! May it be a good and healthy one for all of us. Susan

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  7. Wow, that's a lot of work! But it all looks so lovely and festive. My favorite is the Sitting Room, how it's decorated.

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  8. I enjoyed the Christmas tour and so much to see and take in. Beautiful!
    betsy

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  9. Hi Debbie, Thank you for sharing all your trees and all the other neat Christmas things you have. My top was 24 in an old 150 year old home I own from 1997 to 2013. Had to give it up due to husband starting to have health issues. I, too, worked at a hospital for 20 years but not as a nurse. First, as an aid in Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy and than as a secretary to Director of Rehab and last a secretary to a Hand Surgeon. Learned a lot and enjoyed the time. My mom was an LPN. Love your dollhouse too. That has been a dream of mine but didn't pursue it instead did other crafts. We downsized to a 5 room condo with no basement or garage. After having an attic, two story home with basement and garage with storage above it, I had to get rid of a lot of things. LOL But in my old house, half of the storage was Christmas. I started early too because I enjoy my stuff being up early so I could enjoy it through the entire season. Thanks again for sharing. Accidentally found your blog but will be back to see your other holidays. Happy New Year to you and your hubby.

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    1. Connie,
      Thanks so much for stopping by and for taking the time to leave such a kind comment!!I will be posting now back on my regular blog, Debbie-Dabble Blog after taking a short break as i have been sick since Christmas....
      Happy New Year!!
      Hugs,
      Debbie

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  10. Debbie your townhouse is just perfect decorated for the holidays! You have certainly filled it from top to bottom with beautiful treasures. You know how I adore your Victorian style, especially the beautiful antique chair by the staircase with the sweet bears for Christmas!

    Thank you so much for sharing at TFT and The Christmas Tour of Homes link party. I hope you have a blessed 2019!

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  11. Oh I forot to add that tree 26 is my favorite!

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  12. Debbie, your home has such a special holiday look. It's wonderful that you decorate every room. That's a lot of work, but no doubt you and your family enjoy it! I enjoyed looking through your holiday posts. Thanks for sharing with us at Snickerdoodle party.

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  13. Beautiful decorations! I think my favorite is the kitchen! Thanks for sharing with us at the Snickerdoodle Link Party!

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