Christmas Is Here
Posted by Belle on 16 Dec 2007 at 09:10 pm | Tagged as: Christmas, blogging, family
Hastily, I finished decorating my house for the holidays while I was doing my laundry. I wanted very much for a live and extra tall Christmas tree that is tailored to the size our living room but hubby was totally against live one because of fire hazard. We have had this tree for 20 years – older than our kids even! And we have accumulated ornaments of different kinds over the years. Half of them came from my MIL so they could be older than me. A few of them, the gold plated ones, were presents from a step MIL. The rest, I accumulated over time.
Here are my favorite ornaments in no particular order.
my favorite of them all is this one because my daughte made it especially for us.
my fireplace
My dining table
The home-made pink heart-shaped paper with pictures on the wall was also given to us by one of our dear daughters so it will always stay there.

my living room
and please don’t mind my mess on the kitchen counter. I will get to it later as I still have to do some errands and cook dinner. But, I think I may just have to buy sub for dinner as I have laundry clothes to fold and tomorrow is a hard day for me at work.










Ahhh…. I feel it’s Christmas already! Am sure the old tree with all those dear ornaments will look just as lovely as the newly bought.
Love the ornaments! I agree that the homemade ones are more precious than expensive ones.
Thanks for sharing your pics!
Wow, that’s quite a decor! And your pictures are really lovely!
I love the trimmings because of the details. Every house has a mess, Belle, especially around this time when everybody is very busy.
lovethe li’l guitar
Elyani, nice to see you back. all set for Christmas?
Greymom, yup, nothing can beat homemade decor.
sesame, thanks! it’s the camera.
julie, you are right especially with children around.
tutubi, thanks. it makes a good title for a song: “love the li’l guitar.” don’t you think?
Belle beautiful macro-shots. I’m beginning to convince myself that you are indeed a pro-photographer.
beautiful decorations Belle
We never had live tree hehe. And we’re not decorating either LOL
I love that red shoe ornament. Your house looks straight from the “Home Alone” movie Belle. It’s very Christmassy… parang bibisitahin ka talaga ni Santa.
I love your Christmas decors Tita Belle especially the li’l guitar.Beautiful pictures and no, it’s not messy unlike ours. With kids who are very active and very fond of playing and drawing I have to always clean and keep things in their proper places.
Merry Christmas and A Fruitful new Year! Mwah!
ayy I like the first ornament hehe the guitar. It’s sooo you guys hehe musically inclined
Merry Christmas to you and your family Belle!
Hi, Belle!
Those are lovely Christmas decors. There are no signs that some of those are older than you (I mean, it doesn’t look obvious)
As a photography enthusiast, I appreciate very much the way how you take photo of all these stuff – the color quality, composition, depth-of-field, etc. Very well done…
Off-topic:
About the “Maldita” you commented in my post, it’s just her nickname (her friends gave to her). Her real name is Mary Ann…
I love the shoes!
Christmas is definitely here! Love your ornaments Ate Belle. I was going to tag you for the Christmas tree parade. Cozy and lovely home
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they are indeed nice pieces, dear Belle, they’re heirlooms. missing you…
MERRY CHRISTMAS and a PROSPEROUS AND BLESSED NEW YEAR!
that red shoe must have tons of stories.
Merry Christmas and God Bless.
Hi Belle,
very nice posting, thank you
I wish you a good end of 2007 and a good year of 2008.
Hi Belle

they are beautiful heirlooms indeed, and the shots are amazing! love the mommy bauble
Merry Christmas to you and your family Belle
Hi Belle, here’s wishing you and your family a Merry Xmas and a Prosperous New Year!
merry christmas, belle!
Merry Christmas, Belle!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to All. Hope things would be brighter for all of us in the coming year.
Very interesting ornaments. I like your house, belle.
Merry Christmas and happy new year to you and your family.