The Gayla Pink Apple
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"Hey there!
Time for me to go hide!"
"She is bringing in all that stuff from the garage.
woof woof - that means good food soon.
yay-woof woof-yay!"
It's Beginning to Look
A Lot Like Christmas!
Decorating has begun at my house! Slowly over the next week or so I will attempt to turn my home into an atmosphere for joy, laughter, and celebration of the Christmas season. Boxes and boxes are brought into the house, new strings of lights are bought to replace burned out ones, and the household begins to transform.
Garlands galore with lights and decorations adorning doorways and thousands of lights placed strategically on the Christmas tree.
Decorating is done in a methodical and planned manner. Decorations are stored in big plastic storage containers, labeled with contents inside, and a description. There are 12 - 15 large containers stacked in the garage. Inside are garlands, ribbons, lights, and decorations waiting to jump out, dust themselves off, proudly hang and shine brightly for the festive days ahead. The boxes are brought inside one by one and emptied as garlands are hung, decorated, finished and the container returned to the garage so the next container can be brought in. Every garland starts to wake up and glow, adorned with lights woven into the hanging garlands - ribbon and ornaments added and WOW! It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
Decorating is done in a methodical and planned manner. Decorations are stored in big plastic storage containers, labeled with contents inside, and a description. There are 12 - 15 large containers stacked in the garage. Inside are garlands, ribbons, lights, and decorations waiting to jump out, dust themselves off, proudly hang and shine brightly for the festive days ahead. The boxes are brought inside one by one and emptied as garlands are hung, decorated, finished and the container returned to the garage so the next container can be brought in. Every garland starts to wake up and glow, adorned with lights woven into the hanging garlands - ribbon and ornaments added and WOW! It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
The tree! There are two Christmas trees - a green tree and a green tree with a dust of white snow - we alternate between the two each year. This year will be the snow tree - we think it is beautiful and it makes the house Christmas. Literally thousands of lights go on the tree. At least 2,000 - 2,500 lights shining gloriously! This may not seem like a lot of lights to you, but it is only a 6.5 ft. tree, not 12 or 14 ft. tall. So, for the size of the tree - it's a lot of lights. They are not just thrown on the tree - no sir - they are strategically placed weaving deep inside the depth of the tree and wrapped around each tree limb / branch.
Decorating the tree can take hours and hours - sometimes a couple of days. I work a while, then rest a while, and repeat. One full day is usually dedicated to lights and a couple full days dedicated to placing every single ornament, one by one, on the tree. Literally hundreds of ornaments are wired onto the tree to prevent from accidentally being knocked off by a pet, guest, child, or myself!
Decorating my home during the holiday season is a joy - I love for family and friends to visit while the house is decorated. A lot of work, time, and love are put into doing it, and the hope is to bring joy to all for a wonderful festive spirit and Christmas season.
Busy week ahead for this lady,
Starting to Shine Brightly,
Starting to Shine Brightly,
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas,
Gayla
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