As my son was walking up to go to bed last night after a fun Christmas Day, he paused on the stairs to ask why we would keep up the tree after Christmas. It was a fun day, but a long day, and my legs ached from running about the house all day cooking and cleaning. What came to mind immediately was to say “because no way mommy works this hard to get things ready for Christmas just for things to come down the next day.” That pretty much sums up my approach to decorating for the holiday – to decorate for the season so that I don’t feel like things need to be taken down immediately after a particular day on the calendar. New this year were the details we added to the porch, which consisted mainly of a set of new pillow covers, with a couple given special touches with custom stencils. The images of the snowflake and deer bring to mind winter for me more so than Christmas, and I will happily enjoy the porch and its pillows after December 25th.
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