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 post 3 TIMES A WEEK on MONDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAYS.....
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In my last post, I shared How I decorated the top of the TV Entertainment Center this year for Christmas....
And the area in front of it....
And the table to the side of it....
And I also shared the Children's Christmas Party at my Church.....
Click HERE if you missed that post!!
Thanks so much, Julie!!
Please stop by and link up to tis lovely party...
And now for a few Personal Notes...
Lots going on this week that I want to share....
My youngest son Jim's 42nd Birthday was on December 7th and he celebrated in Florida at Disney World with hos family...
So on Tuesday evening, we had our family Birthday pizza party for Jim....
I set a very simple table....
I still had dinosaur plates and napkins that my late husband Joe had bought as a joke for a previous Birthday celebration....
A small cake from Price Chopper....
I also used the Penguins cups that Joe had bought....
And I placed the 2 stuffies from Joe's WB Scranton Pens collection where the twins would be sitting as they love to play with them....
The twins put in a special request for McDonald's fries to Uncle Joey, who picked up the food!!!
We all enjoyed pizza, fries and cake!!!
And the twins enjoyed pizza!!
After eating, the twins were able to run around in the circle in Mimi's house....
Through the Dining Room, Living Room, Hallway and Kitchen and vice versa!!
Earlier that day, my grand pups had their spa day....
We all rolled with laughter when we saw this picture of the 2 of them that the groomer posted!!!
OMG!!
The looks on their faces wearing those costumes!!
And here they are after their day at the Spa....
The pups loved coming back to Mimi's house after their week long stacation with me....
You can now see Azumi's pretty eyes and long lashes...
And now Faye has big ears again!!
LOL!
I totally enjoyed a wonderful evening with my family...
The next day was my Young at Heart Senior Social Club, at my Church Saint Maria Goretti's, Christmas Party!!
I made these centerpieces and placed the vases on gold charger plates and surrounded them with a set of fairy lights....
The Laflin Rec Board was kind enough to leave up the beautiful back drop and chair that they used for the Children's Santa Party that was held this past Sunday....
Many were thrilled to sue this beautiful scene for a photo opportunity...
Anne Marie and friends
My friend and Treasurer Rosemary and her husband Stan....
My friend and Secretary Lucy and her husband Ernie
Maribeth and Joe
Claire, Bob and Monica
My Vice President Rita and her husband Art....
Paul and Sue
The Young at heart Senior Social Club Officers....
Rita, Lucy, Rosemary and me, the President....
Rosemary found these cute plastic dishes at Hobby Lobby....
The party was catered by a local eatery, The Anthracite Cafe, which is owned by a fellow parishioner...
On the left....Baked Penne Pasta with mini meatballs., Green Beans Almondine and Chicken Franciase..
From the left...
The chicken, Tenderloin Beef Tips in Gravy, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy...
A Caesar Salad and warm Buns....
The food was delicious and everyone agreed!!
We also had a desert table.....
We ordered a cake from Walmart......
And many members baked....
I also made up a cookie tray and brought cheese cakes from Sam's Club......
We had a great turn out of 33 people!!
Not too bad after just starting this group a few short months ago...
After everyone was done eating, we played a game of "Dirty Bingo"
Everyone was given a number when they arrived...
33 numbers in total but we only bought 23 gifts....
The people with the first 23 numbers come up to pick out a gift....
Then those with the last 10 numbers are allowed to "steal" a gift from those whose numbers were already called...
When the last number is called and the last gift is "stolen" then everyone opened their gifts...
Some were nice, some funny and some were crazy!!
We did give out constellation prizes which were Christmas magnets bought from one of the vendors at our parish Craft Fair held at the end of November....
It was great fun and everyone seems to have a wonderful time!!!
I want to thank my fellow officers for all their support, input and help in planning this Christmas party!!
And now to the last part of this post....
I want to share the last 2 Christmas table vignettes in my Living Room....
This is the stereo table.....
Joe found this at an antique co op and it was perfect to put my reproduction Nostalgic stereo system on....
I really do not use the turn table so I like to decorate the top....
2 Santa's under cloches....
Santa in his sled in a snow globe....
I bought several of these poinsettia place mats in Big Lot's before our store closed and use them as doilies.....
A vintage Christmas tea Cup....
And another one with 2 knee huggers which were mine as a child....
I love the cubby holes.....
A friend of mine gifted me this wonderful vintage styled picture....
A vinrage putz house and bottle brush tress....
A snowman music box.....
I was gifted this beautiful Christmas Lady head vase by a friend......
A vintage reindeer planter......
The other vintage styled picture.....
A vintage style sign I bought in Gabes.....
The soffit above the entrance to the Dining Room....
I made the swag and the embroidery hoops....
I bought these bells last year again, before Big Lot's closed....
I attached green velvet bows to them....
In the corner by the Dining Room.....
On the large round table...
An ornament on the lamp shade....
On this table is a Sam's Club set that I bought about 20 years ago....
Santa reading to children.....
I once again used red and gold bottle brush trees in the display like I did on the smaller round table in the Living Room....
I hope you will stop by to visit again on SATURDAY when I will be finishing up my tour of the Living Room.....
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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