Christmas Tour of Homes

Welcome to the Christmas Tour of Homes, sponsored by BooMama. She asked us to share pictures of our Christmas decorations and to share a favorite Christmas recipe. There will be bloggers from all over doing this, and I thought it would be fun! So - welcome to our home. Hope you enjoy your tour!

We have two little, lighted trees that are on either side of our font door.

Here is the wreath I made, hanging on the door into the garage.

If you come in through our back door you will find this little snowman here to welcome you. He is sitting in an old milk can. The can came from the dairy farm I grew up on.

Before you begin walking through the house, grab a handful of this Christmas mix. I got the recipe from a co-worker quite a few years ago and it is a favorite. Here's the recipe:

Christmas Mix

3 cups cheerios

2 cups corn chex
3 cups rice chex

2 cups pretzels
1/2 pound M & M's

1 pound white chocolate

Stir together dry ingredients. Melt white chocolate and pour over cereal mix. Stir together and pour out onto waxed paper. Let cool and break apart.

In the living room, you will find our Christmas tree.

I found this card holder on my trip to Traverse City. If you looked closely you would see that there are even a few cards from some of my blogging friends!

I love snowmen. Here is a little group of them, standing on my piano. These were painted and given to me by my sister, Terri.

Here are the stockings, hanging in the living room. There is one for each of the kids. The dark ones are a deep red color.

This is one of my favorite Santa's that Bob has carved for me. He often does the old fashioned skinny Santa's, but this short, round one is pretty cute!

I love stained glass angels and have collected quite a few over the years. Every Christmas these sit on our entertainment center.

This is one of my favorite decorations. It is a Nativity set that Laura started making when she was about 15. She added a few animals each year to complete it. There are the wise men and their camels, shepherds and sheep, an angel, donkey, cows and even chickens. I love it because Laura made it and also because it is a reminder of what Christmas is really about.

Thanks for visiting me. Now stop over at BooMama's place and check out some of the other homes on tour!