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Getting ready for Christmas is in some ways, the best part. Wrestling the box of decorations out of the loft or cupboard, carefully unwrapping the contents, is always a sign that Christmas is on its way. The annual ritual of choosing the tree which gets to grace our homes, then struggling and battling with said tree to get it vertical, is another one of those fun preparations. This year, as daughter Dorris is away at University I decided to dress the tree with her, thanks to the technology that is Face time. Such larks, a bit like the Golden Shot, if you can remember that , Left a bit, right a bit.
Then there is the making of the wreath.
I have for the past few years done one for home and one for the boss. This year the boss settled on a green and red theme liking the traditional mix of foliage and berries. Bright and cheery.
For myself I chose silvery tones thanks to a donation of Eucalyptus leaves and teasels from one of my neighbours. The teasels got a squirt of silver spray and I used some ribbon left over from an earlier Christmas. This may be rather understated for some however I am happy enough with it.
On Saturday I helped to dress the Church with a friend and neighbour, Mrs Martha. As we were the new girls we were trusted to do the porch, i.e. not actually the interior of the Church. These are our efforts: 
I hope you are nearly ready and your decorations are up. Ten more sleeps!
Great article, would have loved to see the FaceTime bit! Gma Dorris.xx
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FaceTime was hilarious
I like the idea of your distance decoration – I always get my Girls to have a virtual stir of the Christmas pudding even though they are never here to eat it these days 😦 but they don’t get to see the stir by text… I also like your understated wreath – and I am thinking of challenging myself to do something other than holly and ivy next year, although I have no droopy eucalyptus that look so stylish in yours. Now, how many sleeps did you say it was…? ps how many years is your apprenticeship in the porch do you think?
Distance decoration was quite a giggle, to be recommended. Thanks for the compliment about the wreath. I say give any foliage a go. Last year I took lots of ivy and their berries and sprayed them silver. They look really effective so you could do the same again but just spray and use a different colour ribbon to change the tone. As to the apprenticeship judging by the average age inside the church, rather many!
Not sure about the spraying, Dorris, as I think I prefer the ‘au naturel’ look – but I certainly might try thinking out of the box next year and give myself the challenge…
Great stuff, look forward to seeing that next year. Happy Christmas. D
Only 10? Oh, where does the time go? Your decorations will be quite nice for the Carol Service.
Thanks. I hope we are allowed back next year. And if they do like them perhaps we will be allowed inside!
I like your idea of using Eucalyptus and Teasels, very stylish. And your church porch decorations look great. 10 nights you say? Oh dear.
All down to a donation of foliage from my neighbour. I literally have not a thing to use in my own garden…..not yet!
Hello. I have nominated you for the Liebster award. I have enjoyed reading your blog over the past year that I have been in the blogosphere and thought you would be a worthy nominee. It is a bit of a chain letter though and it involves answering some questions and linking back to my site! Having just done it myself I think I have done it right and if you look on my site at the latest post it will all become clear and you will find the questions you are invited to answer! Anyway, thanks for your interesting blog and happy new year! Geoff
Hello, Happy New Year, Apologies but I have only just found this post and its almost a month old, I do a similar thing with my youngest daughter on Skype. I love your wreaths and that door! The church porch decorations are lovely too, think you’ll get promoted next year!