| I found myself in a Christmas wonderland when I | | | | is a Santa Claus". The slight upward arc of the |
| visited my brother and his wife this holiday | | | | strand of little snowmen heads brings your eyes |
| season. My sister in law had so many areas of | | | | right to the collection with all the shiny colored |
| decorations that I felt like I was visiting one of | | | | balls. |
| Santa's helpers. Their house looked so festive and | | | | Reds and greens are true Christmas colors. They |
| colorful, yet the cost of cheerful areas was not | | | | make you think of evergreen trees, holly bushes |
| equal to the beauty that I found myself | | | | with red berries, red poinsettias, and evergreen |
| surrounded by. I asked if she minded if I used | | | | garland. Adding gold and silver to the mix seems |
| some of her ideas and shared them with my | | | | to add some richness and mystery to the total |
| readers. She actually looked very pleased and | | | | picture. One thing that caught my eye this |
| proud that I recognized all of her hard work. | | | | evening, that I had not noticed until it became |
| As I looked around, I found so many different | | | | dark, was the fact that she replaced night light |
| areas of grouped decorations, that I found myself | | | | bulb in a vase shaped lamp with a green bulb. I |
| wandering through the house to look at | | | | suddenly realized that it gave the illusion of a |
| everything and checking out how she had put | | | | candle in a green holder. Such a unique and simple |
| together each group. My sister-in-law's favorite | | | | alteration to a lamp, yet so very festive and |
| collectibles are snowmen, but she has a great | | | | colorful the outcome turned out to be. |
| assortment of other things, too, like angels and | | | | On each coffee table, she had a snowman runner, |
| churches, the things that have particular | | | | again with all kinds of different snowmen |
| symbolism for Christmas. | | | | stretched across the table. On one table, she |
| Right now I am looking at one of the collections | | | | added miniature snowmen, glass decorations of |
| of snowmen that have fiber optic lights. They sit | | | | and on the other she has the shiny, colored |
| on the bottom shelf of a baker's rack, in the | | | | Christmas balls. These ideas are very simple, |
| corner of the living room. Surrounded by a few | | | | inexpensive, yet very unique and colorful. From |
| green, gold, and multi-colored foil curly bows on 4 | | | | the lamps and ceiling fans, white satin Christmas |
| red foil different sized jewelry boxes, like ring, | | | | balls painted with Christmas scenes dangle from |
| watch and bracelet. They look like small Christmas | | | | red satin ribbon. Again, the idea is very simple yet |
| present scattered around the shelf that the | | | | so very effective. |
| snowmen are sitting. | | | | There are so many decorations and such a |
| On the shelf above the fiber optic snowmen on | | | | variety of styles, that I am having a difficult time |
| the baker's rack, are water globes with snowmen | | | | describing them all to you. And, I have only begun |
| inside, each one a different size. The unique and | | | | to describe the living room, because in the dining |
| easy my sister-in-law made those snowmen | | | | room and kitchen, there are many more |
| come alive with color was to add shiny colored | | | | decorations worth mentioning, as I felt a big |
| glass ornaments around the bases of each snow | | | | WOW as I continued through the rooms. In |
| globe. There is string of mini-snowmen hanging | | | | "Christmas Ideas To Wow You Part 2", I will |
| across the top, from one side of the shelf to the | | | | continue to take you on this very special, one of |
| other. They are suspended like the reindeer | | | | a kind, visit through a Christmas wonderland. |
| across the city street was in Yes, Virginia, there | | | | |