The pleasure I had when I first put up outdoor Christmas lights on the porch led me to decorate the porch around the year. Why confine the pleasure to December, I thought? So it was that December became the inspiration for a different front porch each month, a task that I very much enjoy. I still take extra care for Christmas. Greenery and lights are the theme of the month; two of my very favorite things about December’s holidays. Overhead, there are mercury-globed Edison lights, which are a hard to make a picture of, but have a lovely glow come twilight. The flower basket hooks each have a wreath. The flag is welcoming.
On the table is a plaid tablecloth that T gave me last year, a wooden bin full of greenery and twinkling lights, a wooden snowman, and red tin house with a candle inside.
The front door wreath is splendid and smells even better than it looks, so that we come home to a lovely evergreen-scented door.
No corner of the porch is free from my attentions.
I love holiday traditions like this; they are my favorite part of the Christmas because they provide a reminder to stop and live in the moment. That’s happy!
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