One of my favorite days of the year, Christmas Eve. There is just something about this day, a calmness of sorts, That I love. This year just about all the decorations are family heirlooms, or decorations I remember us using when I was a wee one, or bits and bobs that were gifted to me. Shiny-Brites, Christmas Pyramids, Swedish chimes, bottle brush trees, and many items bringing about memories of my grandmothers. Tonight, we'll enjoy a dinner of crab imperial. Followed by later in the night the family recipe of egg nog, lighting of the Christmas pyramids, and settle in the watch a Christmas Carol.
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It's not about the gift giving, let's remember. Enjoy time with family or friends, enjoying the company of loved ones, good food, and wonderful spirits!!! The scents and smells of the Christmas holiday. May you all have a magical, wonderful, and memorable Christmas. Thank you all, longtime friends, new readers, reader out there in the dark, thank you for your constant kind and funny words and for visiting the Casa du Borghese- truly grateful for all our online friendships. To all of us everywhere, a Happy Christmas to us all my dears.
"L🎄VE & J🎄Y TO All!
XOXO
Beautiful! Very retro, too.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas, Maddie!
Dearest Mistress, I will hate to see Miss Paulette Goddard leave us at the top of the blog. However you choose to celebrate this evening and tomorrow, make it all about the people, not the products. Make it about the bonds we share, not the bitterness in our midst. Make it about the meals we enjoy, not the misguided mindset of millions. Make it about the spirits we sip and savor, not the sadness looming in the coming year. Make it about the quiet times with beloved friends, not the quasi-sincerity of others. Make it about maintaining love of community, connection, commonality and caring. Make this a better world with the power we have been given to recognize the difference between love and hate, truth and lies, morals and immorality. ethics and dishonesty.
ReplyDeleteHappy Holidays, Happy Everydays
My mother used to have the same size green ceramic tree with the lights built in. Happy Holiday Mary!
ReplyDeleteMaddie, everything is beautiful. Your home sparkles! Merry Christmas dear friend.
ReplyDeleteHappy Christmas Maddie. Thank you for another year of fabulous posts.Your beautiful home evokes fond memories.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas Maddie!!!! Another fun December here on the blog. I can't tell you the happy memories and thoughts of seeing your Decor that it brings back. I've always been fascinated by your collection of Christmas pyramids. Happy Christmas Eve!
ReplyDeleteAn absolutely beautiful home and display. Enjoy every moment, and the egg nog! Grateful to have found you online!
ReplyDeleteIt's always such a pleasure to see your retro ornaments and decorations every year! Takes me right back to my childhood. Enjoy your dinner, egg nog and the movie!
ReplyDeleteNice tree (the tall, skinny one). Maybe next year I'll put mine up. Right now Howie would think it was a big toy. Enjoy the eggnog! Merry Christmas, Missy!
ReplyDeleteEverything is beautiful, Mads -- calm and bright. Merry Christmas, my love.
ReplyDeleteJanie
Your bottle brush displays and other Christmas vignettes are soooo charming! Visiting your blog is pure joy: Merry Christmas, Maddie!
ReplyDeleteYou always have the most festive and cock-a-tailed Christmases!
ReplyDeleteMaîtresse, passe un joyeux Noël ✨
ReplyDelete-Beau Mec à Deauville
Merry Christmas to you, too! I really enjoyed seeing and reading this post, I hope you have a lovely time! Your home is so warm, comfy and inviting.
ReplyDeleteNow how about a cup of that family recipe???
I adore your tree!! Love seeing all the old ornaments...and love bottle brush trees.Thank YOU, darling for your everyday words. eye candy and inspiration! Have a blissful, radiant and bubbly Christmas dearest
ReplyDeleteMuch love
I'm sure the spirits will be visiting you dear one.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas and one for Jesus!
XOXO-
Miss R
Best of the season to you.
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