Long May He Glow

Nobody I know loves (or DOES) Christmas quite like my friend Steve.

I can't even begin to describe the amount of work that goes into his multi-room decorating bonanza of lights, motion and glowing warmth.  It may also be important to note:  He baked 114 DOZEN cookies and dessert bars of varied shapes, sizes and flavors this year.  (No, that number wasn't a typo.)

Christmas Umbrella Tree

 Part of me wonders "Why bother?" but the other part of me asks if they were trying to make a Christmas Umbrella with the running rope lights on the trunk and the icicle lights on the edges of the lower branches.  Either way, it's kind of fun.  Stirling, NJ.  23 December 2010.

Guides For Gracious Living

Better living, better homes, better hearths and gracious goods for all.

Interior Design Books from 1946, 1948 and 1955.  A needlecraft book from 1971.

Steve's House: Preparing For The Holidays

 

Saturday Afternoon at Steve's house... 

Scott uses his decorating expertise to help Steve festoon a dining room chandelier with festive finery.  

And So It Begins...

30 October 2010: Scott begins his annual Christmas Decoration Extravaganza.

Truth be told, he began a week prior... Pine garland doesn't just GROW around doorways and those Christmas In The City Villages don't install and light themselves, you know.   

Amid the flurry of furious arranging and festive festooning, Scott took a moment to pause and answer those critics who feel that Halloween Week is too early for Christmas decorating.

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