{"id":449,"date":"2009-12-24T07:32:56","date_gmt":"2009-12-24T07:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog1.ardoria.com\/?p=449"},"modified":"2011-11-29T00:43:03","modified_gmt":"2011-11-29T00:43:03","slug":"christmas-decorations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.melissaetto.com\/?p=449","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Decorations!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s almost here!\u00a0 Tomorrow is the big day!\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been busy baking and getting everything ready.\u00a0 The gifts are all wrapped, the cookies are baked we are ready!\u00a0 I am hoping that everyone here will be healthy for Christmas.\u00a0 Brandon has been down and out with a wicked cold and I am hoping he&#8217;ll be feeling better tomorrow.\u00a0 Our son is excited about Christmas and we are trying to keep him busy so he doesn&#8217;t drive us nuts with the &#8220;Is it Christmas yet?&#8221; and my favorite, &#8220;Can I open one gift now?&#8221;\u00a0 He loves Christmas and I hope he always does.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a quick tour of our Christmas Decorations&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Lets start with outside.\u00a0 We finally got our first snow last weekend.\u00a0 It didn&#8217;t amount to much but it was a good time to take pictures!<\/p>\n<p>[flv:http:\/\/blog1.ardoria.com\/Video\/Christmas_2009.flv 320 240]<\/p>\n<p>The reindeer leaping across the driveway, the reindeer on the garage with the wreath and the reindeer standing in the front yard were all made by Brandon.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_481\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog1.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_5380.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[449]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-481\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-481\" title=\"IMG_5380\" src=\"http:\/\/blog1.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_5380-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Reindeer with Wreath\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-481\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reindeer with Wreath<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Indoors we have three trees&#8230;.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_484\" style=\"width: 134px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog1.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_5350.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[449]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-484\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-484\" title=\"IMG_5350\" src=\"http:\/\/blog1.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_5350-124x300.jpg\" alt=\"Downstairs Tree\" width=\"124\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-484\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Downstairs Tree<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_485\" style=\"width: 153px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog1.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_5308.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[449]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-485\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-485\" title=\"IMG_5308\" src=\"http:\/\/blog1.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_5308-143x300.jpg\" alt=\"Kitchen Tree\" width=\"143\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kitchen Tree<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_502\" style=\"width: 187px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog1.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_5382.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[449]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-502\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-502\" title=\"IMG_5382\" src=\"http:\/\/blog1.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_5382-177x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5382\" width=\"177\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-502\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Living Room Tree<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>The fireplace mantle is decorated with our figural nutcrackers and musical nutcracker&#8230;..<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_486\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog1.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_5298.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[449]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-486\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-486\" title=\"IMG_5298\" src=\"http:\/\/blog1.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_5298-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The Fireplace Mantle\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-486\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Fireplace Mantle<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We even dressed our Skull Nutcracker for Christmas&#8230;..<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_494\" style=\"width: 234px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog1.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_52953.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[449]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-494\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-494\" title=\"IMG_5295\" src=\"http:\/\/blog1.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_52953-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"Jolly Skull Nutcracker\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-494\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jolly Skull Nutcracker<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Now the only things left to do is get the house clean and get all the last minute stuff done before Santa comes tonight!<\/p>\n<p>Even Gus is ready for Christmas!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_500\" style=\"width: 234px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog1.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_52994.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[449]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-500\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-500\" title=\"IMG_5299\" src=\"http:\/\/blog1.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_52994-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"Hitchhiker Santa\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-500\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hitchhiker Santa<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Have 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