It has been a very long time since I have posted images for the Advent and Christmas season.
Today I will be sharing some of my Advent & Christmas decor.
We moved from our previous home several months ago into a new home. This is our first Christmas season in the new home. Let's begin our short tour with Advent.
This year I changed my Advent wreath center piece. I used a plain pine wreath that I purchased a few years ago and layed a candle holder within it. I purchased beeswax candles and decorated the wreath with pinecones and lambs ear branches. Then I placed the Holy Family in the center for now.
I love how simple it is and that the Family is very visible. This week we lit the Third Advent candle which is the rose candle, and it represents Joy. We await the light of the world, which is the Christ child, Jesus. We light a candle each Sunday leading up to Christmas. Technically it is currently the Advent season, the majority of people are not aware of this since over the decades, commercialism has distorted the celebration of the season. I won't get into that though. But we are in the season of Advent, the season of waiting for the birth of Jesus on Christmas day. It is then the first day of the Christmas season and it lasts 12 days, hence if you are familiar with the song "The Twelve days of Christmas" now you know why they sing about it. Again, the song has great meaning, but again, I will not get into that now, but you may look it up. This year's Advent wreath is on our dining table.
As you enter our home, you will see our favorite Hobby Lobby table that I purchased a couple of years ago. You may have seen it on the previous Instagram account if you followed.
I have the Nativity displayed on the top. I purchased it at Kirkland's.
On each side, I placed a little pine tree with lights and of course my diffuser sits on a corner to give the essence of the season since I do not have real tree.
On the bottom I have placed houses and a church that all light up to make the evening luminous.
There are pom poms and decorative branches to make it look festive. I'll changed it up next year.
I do not have a cocoa bar this year, but instead have this lovely tier trey displaying some of our festive mugs. It looks like the shape of a Christmas tree and so I placed a small Nativity on the very top. We have a snowman family, St. Nicholas and other festive pieces.
Moving along, you then walk over to the breakfast area.
Above I had a little snowman with flowers and no tablecloth. Since this picture was taken, I have changed it to what it is below. I placed a tablecloth and added a rosemary plant. Of the two, which do you like better?
And finally, we have our tree.
This is the Kennedy Fir Narrow tree from Tree Classics.
Tree Classics has now merged with Balsam Hill. This tree was the perfect size for this space so if you need something narrow, I recommend this one. It looks very real, and it is easy to assemble.
My theme is somewhat country, but I added pieces from when my son was little, snow, pinecones and other ornaments. My favorite are the cotton stems on the top of the tree.
I hope that you enjoyed this very simple Christmas tour and hope that you will link yours below in the comment area so we can all visit your home tour.
I hope that you enjoy the rest of the season.
Thank you for stopping by today.
Happy Advent and
Merry Christmas!