Wordless Wednesday - Waiting for the Real Santa

There's no fire in this fireplace.

Wordless Wednesday - My Wish for You

May we always have old wine, old friends, and young cares.

More Santas and Trees

Still waiting for Santa?  Here are more figures from my collection:

 These are child friendly and cuddly

On the tree

 

Snowshoeing Santa 

The Santa on the front door and another old fashioned Santa

My Hallmark ornament tree

A new tree for this year made from the leaves of the Narra tree in the Philippines.

Merry Christmas!

Santa in a Tree

He's been hanging around since 1979

2009

A glass Santa and a Grandfather Frost wood-carving from Moscow, above

The Santa Tree

Santas carved by my brother-in-law, above and below, right

Merry Christmas, my German souvenir

Here Comes Santa Claus

Just a few of the Santas sitting around the house:

Welcoming guests at the front door

Guarding the fireplace

The face on the 'Santa tree'

 

One of my Karen Didion originals

A northwoods Santa

Rocking horse Santa with more rocking horses

Another Karen Didion Santa, originally purchased for the kitchen counter

An old favorite gift with Santa in a very large wreath.  He welcomes folks to the dining room.

I decorated the tree yesterday.  If you want to feel your age, just decorate your house for Christmas, lol.

Here's Looking at You, Santa

 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

And finally, Santa on the day after he delivers all the toys, lolling on the fainting couch.

 

 

Merry Christmas! 

Santa's on the Tree

I've decided to be an almost Wordless Wednesday poster today.  Here are my various Santas hanging out on the trees.

The oldest Hallmark Santa from 1979:

The newest Hallmark, purchased on Saturday:

Hand carved by my brother-in-law:

 

Other wooden Santas:

 

My German souvenir below:

Glass Santas:

And the rest:

What is more fun than a house full of Santas?  More to come.