Christmas Buys, Crafts & Christmas Home Tour with 22 Trees!!!

 

 

 

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

 I am so happy you decided to stop by my Christmas Blog!!

  Every room in our townhouse has a different Christmas Theme and Color Scheme!!

 

 I prove that you do not have to live in a large home to have several Trees, over 20, in all shapes and sizes!!

The majority of my Christmas decorations are placed in the same room every year and I know that this is not what most Decorator's care for but to me, it like seeing old friends again when I decorate each year for Christmas as many of my decorations were gifts from family and friends........... 

I do try to add a few new things and change up things a bit but for the most part, these decorations are part of my Christmas Traditions and bring back a lot of treasured memories.....

I am now posting 3 times a week !!!

 

 I will be posting on TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY

  As always, click on each picture if you would like to enlarge it....

Today, I will be sharing my Annual Christmas Home Tour with 22 Trees and some new Christmas Buys and Crafts and where I put them....

In my last post, I shared New Year's Tablescapes and Christmas Gifts!!!

 

 

 

Click HERE if you missed that post....

 

 

I want to Thank Angie, over at God's Growing Garden, for choosing my post, Christmas at Nelson Crest, as one of your features from last week's Tuesdays with a Twist Linky Party!!!!

 

 Thanks so much, Angie!!

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And now for a few Personal Notes...

 

 

 

 Tomorrow is the Feast of the Three Kings or Epiphany which is the official end of the Christmas Season in the Catholic Church......

 

 

 I will not start changing over Christmas to Winter/Valentine's decorations until the weekend.....

 

 I am in no hurry to pack Christmas away.....

I love the way the house looks decorated for Christmas .....

 

  It used to be tradition in NEPA that no one took down their Christmas decorations until January 6th or "Russian" Christmas which will be celebrated on January 7th this year....

 I did take advantage of the unseasonably warm weather we have been having here over the last few days and did convert the front of the house over to Winter from Christmas.....

I will be doing a post on this soon......

 

 

 Food of the Week

 

With Joe no longer working at the Concession Stand at the Toyoto Sportsplex for the Wilkes Barre Scranton Penguins, we are no longer getting the Reheat and Eat meals on a regular basis....

 

That means more cooking for me!

 

Aren't I the Lucky One????

 

NOT!!!

 

You can't beat a Sam's Club rotisserie chicken for $5!!

I served this for mashed potatoes, chicken gravy and corn.....

 

I had a chuck of ham that I did not slice up for Christmas Day dinner that I saved to make Ham Salad or "Monkey Meat" as it is known in this area!

 

Why is it called "Monkey Meat"?

 

I have no Idea!!!

 

A squirt of mustard, relish and mayo to taste after dicing the ham up.....

And Joe actually liked it and ate it!!!

Well, wonders never cease!!!

We also wondered if Joe would continue to be lucky when buying Lottery Tickets since his favorite , and only place, to buy them, Valley Mart, is now closed and being torn down so a new Sheetz can be built in it's place.....

Well, I guess we do not have to worry about that because yesterday on Jan. 4th, he won $500....

The Win All equaled $500

Ironically, the last time he won like this was on November 4th which was his Mother's  Birthday and now he won on the 4th again....

Interesting....

It will pay for the new brakes that we are having put on our car....

 This will be my LAST regular post on this, my Christmas Blog, ending the 2022 Christmas Holiday Season!!!

I hope to post on a few monthly Rudolph Days throughout the year....

 

But I make no promises.....

I will now be posting over on my regular Blog, Debbie-Dabble Blog....

For now, I will continue to post the 3 days a week.....

We will see how it goes as it is a grueling, time consuming schedule to keep up with....

And now, my last post of the Christmas Season of 2022.....

My Annual Christmas Home Tour!!

It took me a total of 32 days to decorate this year....

The Front Porch and Yard......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We did get a little bit of snow several times before Christmas and there was snow on the ground for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day so I did get the White Christmas I wish for every year.....

  

 

 

 

 I bought these right before Christmas in Dollar Tree after seeing them used on a Christmas Home Tour on the You Tube Channel....

 

 

 

What I did not realize is that they light up by pushing a button on the base of them!!

 

I did put them outside but I had no intention of going out every evening and turning them on....

And then I saw these electric ones in Ocean State Job Lot!!!

 

 They were on sale for 50% off so I bought 2 sets of 3 at only $4.49 each and I will use them next year which will create a nice pop of color!!!

 

 Click HERE to see more of my front porch and yard decorated for Christmas!!

 

 

 

 

 The Living Room

The Entry and the corner by the Stairs.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Tree # 1

 

 

 

 

 

Tree # 2

Tree # 3

 The Hall way to Kitchen and Powder Room

 

 

 

 

 

 I bought this soft and fluffy velvet plush Christmas throw for the Living Room at Ocean State Job Lot!!

I have it on the ottoman!!

I also saw this green fur like stocking in a Pop Up shop in our local Mall on sale for $2!!!

 

I made it into a pillow and added a red cuff in the same fabric as I used for the pillow covers that I made......

 

I added one of my Christmas pins to it!!

 Click HERE,  HERE  and  HERE  to see the Living Room posts!!

 

 

 

The Dining Room

 

 

 

Tree # 4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Tree # 5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 When I went for my last hair cut, I bought these ornaments in J.C. Penney's....

 

One was $17 and the other one was $22 but at 60% off and a coupon for $10 off coupon, this is all I paid for them....

 

 

 

 I put them in the curio..... 

 

I also bought these ornaments....

 

 

 They were $10, $12 and $14 but again, with 60% off and a 35% off coupoon , this is all I paid for them!!!!

 

 When I brought them home, I found the deer pretty much matched this Santa exactly!!!!

 

I used the other ornaments in the Kitchen....

 

I also bought this rocking horse in Dollar General at 50% off at only $7.50......

 

 I will be embellishing it and displaying it in the Dining Room year round.....

 

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

The Kitchen

Tree # 6

Tree # 7

Now I had so much fun decorating the Kitchen this year in a Gingerbread, candy and hot cocoa theme!!!

I decorated the Kitchen in this theme for many years and was thrilled to see that it came back in style this Season Big Time!!

I did pick up a few more things for the Kitchen after Christmas....

 

Half price in Big Lot's.....

 

 

 

A gift package of Hot Chocolate and more chocolate spoons...

 

A Santa Mug also at Big Lot's for only $2.99!

 

Also this tin.....

 

 I rearranged the Hot Beverage Bar because of these buys......

 I bought these things in Dollar General.....

 

 Before Christmas......

 

 

 

 

After Christmas for $1.00 at 50% off.....

 

 I put this together using the napkins and wood sign along with things I had and a cute rolling pin sign that I was gifted......

 

 

These were on Clearance in Bed, Bath and Beyond for $2 a piece!!!

 

 

 These Phaltzgraff Winterberry salt and peppers were bought at Boscov's for $5.99 down from $19.99!!

I will keep these out year round.....

I bought this in Ocean State Job Lot for half price.....

 

 

 

I used it in this bottle I made last year.....

I used one of those Dollar Tree candy canes here.....

I will most likely use the rest of the Dollar Tree ones in the Kitchen next year.....

This is one of the ornaments I bought in Penney's......

And I had this cutie in my stash of crafts so I painted him and a bunch of smaller ones and added them to a few signs in the Kitchen!!!!

Click HERE, HERE and HERE to see more of the Kitchen!!

The Powder Room

Tree # 8

Click HERE to see more!!

The Den

Tree # 9

Tree # 10

Tree # 11

Tree # 12

Click HERE and HERE to see more of the Den

12 decorated and lit Trees downstairs....

Before we go upstairs, this is Nelson Crest, my Victorian Doll House....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 There is a Tree in every room in Nelson Crest too!!

Click HERE to see more in greater detail!!

 

Let's go upstairs......

Tree # 13

 

I embellished an instrument bottle that was my neighbor Elly's....

 

 

 

 

 And it found a home here....

 

   

I changed this out after running off Christmas Carol graphics online, framing them in gold Christmas cards frames that I had in my stash and mounting them on a piece of black velvet fabric in a picture frame.....

 

I also added 2 over here....

I decided to fill this tin container with greenery and placed it on the side of the shelf.......

 

 

Click HERE to see the post on the upstairs hall....

The Master Bedroom....

 

Tree # 14

 

 

 

Tree # 15

 

Click HERE to see more...

The Upstairs Bathroom

Tree # 16

Click HERE to see the post...

The Craft Room

I bought these 2 bottle brush trees after Christmas in Ocean State Job Lot....

And I put them here.....

Tree # 17

Tree # 18

 

Tree # 19

Click HERE to see more!

The Sitting Room

 

 

Tree # 20

Tree # 21

Three # 22

I also bought these trees for half price, $2.50 each, in Ocean State Job Lot...

 

 

 

And put them here.....

 

 

 

Click HERE, HERE and HERE to see the Siting Room posts....

 

 

 I also bought a few more things at the after Christmas sales for next Holiday Season.....

I hope you enjoyed my Annual Christmas Home Tour showing the entire house decorated both inside and out with 22 Trees for this Christmas Holiday Season!!!!

It took me a total of 32 days to decorate this year and can you actually believe that I did not use 2 Trees that I used other years!!!!

Imagine that!!!

I hope you will visit me again on SATURDAY, over on my regular Blog, Debbie-Dabble Blog.

where I will be sharing some other New Buys for Winter and some new Valentine's Buys.....

 

 

And again on next TUESDAY when I reveal what is my ONE LITTLE WORD for 2023.....

 So I hope you will stop by to visit again on SATURDAY over on Debbie-Dabble Blog!!

Stay safe, healthy and most of all, HAPPY!!

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

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