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Red, Green and Navy Christmas Home Tour: Part Two

After telling you lies in round one of my Christmas home tour yesterday, I thought today I would tell you a story.

If you are a regular here, you know I love stories and have lots of them. If you are new here and hopping over from Lindsay’s place (she’s the brainchild behind Blogger Stylin’ Home Tours), The White Buffalo Styling Co., or from Just a Girl, welcome. I hope you like stories too. Be sure to visit everyone else in the Christmas home tours at the end of this post!

Every Christmas, when its time to wrap gifts, I go downstairs.

Where its quiet.

And I pull out the wrapping paper, the tape, scissors, gift tags and ribbon.

I don’t want to have to get up for anything.

DIY Lucite Frame + Free Printable

Then I find the stack of dvds.

Blow off the dust.

And search for the one labeled Christmas 1988 from Grannie’s Tape, put it into the dvd player and push play.

Because its my favorite.

And I wrap gifts.

And as I wrap gifts.

I listen.

To me – when I was three years old.

Vintage Storybook Garland / Unusual but Meaningful Christmas Tree Ornaments

And to their voices.

And I try to memorize every word.

And I watch.

Every smile.

Every laugh.

Every present that was given.

I try to remember what the burnt orange carpet felt like.

And how shiny that Power Wheels Jeep was.

But most of all, I just listen and watch.

And think about my Grannie & Pap.

If you want more simple holiday decorating, you can see part one of my Christmas home tour here and holiday crafts from this tour can be found here!

The next stop in the Blogger Stylin’ Home Tours is Eleven Gables – see the complete list below too!

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December 12, 2014
Red, Green, and Navy Christmas Home Tour Part 1

This is the post when I’m supposed to lie to you.

When I don’t tell you that I went with red, green, and navy Christmas decorations because they worked so well with the decor in the rest of my house.

When I’m supposed to act like I really cozy up in the adirondack chair outside….

When its 30 degrees out.

Of course I do, don’t you? Psssshhhh…

And that I just leave Christmas presents on my porch.

For anyone to just walk by and grab.

And I’m not supposed to tell you about how I utterly failed at a new holiday wreath on multiple tries this year…

And that I finally opted to just put the never-failed-me-yet Santa tinsel wreath on the door.

I’m also supposed to pretend that my entryway table is always that clean.

And that the bowl of Sour Patch Kids actually stays that full for more than a day.

Raffle Ticket Christmas Card Holder

And that all the toys are always put away.

Yes, I’m aware the camel is on top of the manger. Apparently, the kid feels a camel should have proclaimed Baby Jesus’ birth instead of an angel. Who am I to judge?

And I’ll pretend that I didn’t just move all those gifts from the outside to the entry table to the chalkboard wall. I totally just have that many laying around.

I also won’t admit to the fact that I am totally making my gifts double as decor all around the house.

Elf & Poinsettia DIY Christmas Wreath

I totally just draped this wreath over the kitchen window very nonchalantly. Its not like it took me days to figure out a place for it and then 30 minutes to tie the ribbon just right.

And I’ll also not tell you about crawling up on the kitchen island just to get the perfect angle for the photo of the open shelves.

And I also won’t tell you that this deer looks almost exactly the same as it did in last year’s Christmas tour.

That may or may not even be the exact same drawings around it. Surely, I’ve changed it in a year……

But if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, right?

And that is exactly what I learned from this holiday’s decorating – do what works (even if its the same as last year), make it simple, and don’t over analyze yourself.

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December 11, 2014

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Red, Green and Navy Christmas Home Tour: Part Two

Red, Green, and Navy Christmas Home Tour Part 1