A very dear friend of almost forty years
made the wooden hand-painted sign,
one of my very first
blue-colored Christmas decorations.
She gave it to us for Christmas about twenty-five
years ago, and it is a
treasured part of my
Christmas decorations every year.
On Christmas Day,
we enjoyed a
traditional American Christmas lunch
of turkey and dressing with family and close friends.
The dining room table and chairs were
decorated by my sister, a professional florist.
Using left-over bead board, she built the wooden box planter
on Christmas Eve.
She filled the planter with roses and lilies from the local grocery.
The greenery is from her yard and my yard.
The Fitz & Floyd china, Renaissance Blue, was found years ago
at their warehouse sale when they moved warehouse sites
in the Dallas metroplex.
This truly was a warehouse sale...
The greatest bargain in my life...
Sample prices... Sugar bowl...$1.50
Gravy boat with under plate ... $5
The stainless steel flatware with gold beading is a Towle pattern.
The china pattern is discontinued, but
Replacements, Inc has this pattern.
(For a lot more than $1.50 for a sugar bowl...)
The reindeer place card holders are from Pottery Barn years ago.
The blue crown was from my sister last Christmas.
Hand-carved wooden Russian Father Frosts stand
at each end of the floral arrangement.
Blue baubles and greenery tied with Noël ribbon adorn the chair backs.
With such a beautiful flower-filled dining room,
I don't want to remove the decorations.
Special memories leap to my mind as I
look at the beautiful flowers my sister arranged and
as I look at the treasured Merry Christmas sign made by my friend.
One can see why Christmas lasts
for many days at our house.
