{"id":135608,"date":"2025-12-19T07:03:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T12:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/?p=135608"},"modified":"2025-12-19T07:03:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T12:03:42","slug":"christmas-around-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/19\/christmas-around-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas around here so far…."},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning, everyone \u2014 I hope this finds you doing well. Can you believe it\u2019s the Friday before Christmas? Somehow it really snuck up on us\u2026 or at least it did for me.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been thinking of this Christmas season as a bit of a hodgepodge for us. Not being in our permanent home, not having full access to all of my holiday d\u00e9cor, and being sidetracked by some unfortunate family illnesses \u2014 it\u2019s all made for a less-than-organized holiday. But I truly did the very best I could. And at this point, I\u2019ve surrendered to the idea that what\u2019s done is done. I even bought a flocked tree to put in the dining room which still is in the box. It never happened, it will move to our next house and for sure will get put up next year! For now- you walk in, you see the pretty tree, the candles are glowing, and the whole house smells like the holidays \u2014 and honestly, that\u2019s truly enough for me.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve ordered lots of gifts online that are starting to arrive, so I\u2019ll be kicking off a full-on gift-wrapping marathon on Monday. After that, I think I\u2019ll finally be able to sit back and say, okay\u2026 I\u2019ve done what I can, and that\u2019s enough. All that\u2019s really left is setting the Christmas table and planning out Christmas dinner. I only have two gifts left to buy, so I\u2019m feeling pretty squared away.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s funny \u2014 sometimes we don\u2019t give ourselves enough credit. It feels like there\u2019s still so<\/em> much to do, but when you actually write it all down, you realize\u2026 wait a minute, I\u2019ve done a lot. I think many of us put way too much pressure on ourselves during the holidays. Maybe I\u2019m getting a little wiser as I get older. I am work in progress in that dept!<\/p>\n

I do look forward to next year, when we\u2019ll finally be in our forever home. I have a feeling it will feel like everything has come full circle. But for now, I\u2019m truly pleased with how things have come along. I embraced the darker, moodier vibe in this house \u2014 could I have done more? Absolutely. But did I do my best? Yes. And that\u2019s what matters.<\/p>\n

So here\u2019s a little peek at what I\u2019ve done so far. I\u2019ll share a recap next week once the table is set. I hope everything is going smoothly on your end.<\/p>\n

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I do love my tree though its still not 100% done, bows never made it to the top and couldn’t find my tree topper..oh well<\/p>\n

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Really do love these rusty velvet bows with their long tails<\/p>\n

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These pretty red cones were among the items I found in storage boxes so they fit right in<\/p>\n

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Center hall table as you walk in,\u00a0 put a big spray of faux greens and berries inside a favorite ginger jar, easy peasy<\/p>\n

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Found these old amaryllis and they worked for this coffee table<\/p>\n

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Lots of paperwhites in various stages of blooming which will guarantee several will be in full bloom on Christmas<\/p>\n

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\"\"Many of you noticed this pillow in the back of my car the other day, and yes we are soon going to introduce. beautiful curated collection of needlepoint pillows similar to the ones we once had. They were so popular but unfortunately that company closed. So another door opens…<\/p>\n

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Dining room, just starting to set to table and figuring out what I will do here<\/p>\n

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Side console<\/p>\n

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Love that we are now selling our fabulous cloche’s , perfect for so many things and so festive looking too (click here to see them)<\/p>\n

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Gifts getting packed<\/p>\n

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Thanks as always for stopping in, wishing everyone a wonderful day. Until next time…<\/p>\n

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Good morning, everyone \u2014 I hope this finds you doing well. Can you believe it\u2019s the Friday before Christmas? Somehow it really snuck up on us\u2026 or at least it did for me. I\u2019ve been thinking of this Christmas season as a bit of a hodgepodge for us. Not being in our permanent home, not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":135610,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135608"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135608"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135632,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135608\/revisions\/135632"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}