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Merry Christmas!

Christmas Eve happenings at Grammy and Grampa's house.  It was a lovely evening!

Among the trees

This year's tree hunting was a messy, muddy occasion compounded by fog.  Luckily, we found the perfect tree after only a short while.

 

That was last Friday.  Now that my sis and her husband are here we were able to spend another day among the trees, but this time it was crisp, clear and sunny.  A perfect day for a snowshoe expedition.

 

 

I didn't realize until now that we wore matching colors!

 

Everyone has agreed that this year's tree is the best one yet.  Merry Christmas!

Red Scarf

How about a little bit of knitting?  I got this scarf done just in time to send in to the Red Scarf Project.  This is a quick and easy pattern called The Corrugator.  It makes a lovely, squishy scarf that should be very cozy.  I did have a bit of trouble with the red dye running when I blocked it, so I added a bit of vinegar and it stopped right away.  

 

The scarf and a couple of gift cards were mailed out today.  And good news, if you would like to make one there is still time.  They have extended the deadline to the first week of January.  I can highly recommend this pattern, but the Ravelry group has a whole list of other nice patterns too.

So, if the before Christmas deadline was too hard to meet, now you've got the week after Christmas to do it!  Happy Knitting!

Looking for Christmas in Atlanta

Last week we had took a trip to Atlanta for a very special reason.  Unfortunately, I can't divulge that reason just yet, but I did want to show some photos of our search for Christmas.  The city didn't seem to be much in the spirit, but we did find some pockets of festive sights.  

 

These are at the Coca-Cola museum, which has a lot of Christmas themed exhibits.  I think this Santa would fit right in my carved Santa collection.

 

 

 

We had the most fun on this street in the Atlanta neighborhood of Buckhead.  I didn't catch the name of this street, but it must be pretty famous what with all the incredible mansions lining the street.  We were amused by the over-the-top decorated mailboxes.  I don't know that I've ever seen a Christmas decorated mailbox in our neck of the woods.  Each one was better than the last!

 

 

This mansion has to be the pinnacle though.  It looks so stately.

 

 

On our last evening we splurged on a night out at the fabulous Fox theatre for an Atlanta Ballet production of The Nutcracker.  This theatre is just gorgeous- definitely worth taking time to see.  The production was just what we needed to feel in the Christmas spirit.

 

These last two photos are here at home today.  Ryan and his friends decorated and devoured our Solstice cake.  Another trip around the sun.  Hope you all had a lovely day too!

 

Gingerbread Fun

My sister and her husband are here for Christmas.  They are staying with my parents, but we'll be doing a lot of activities with them throughout the week.  Today we all headed to the Sunriver Resort's Gingerbread Junction to see the amazing houses.  The one above was on a swivel, so when it was turned you could see the amazing artistry on the inside.

 

This is all created with fondant!

 

The next one is the story of the three pigs and if you look closely at the tree on the right you can see the big, bad wolf trying to sneak his way in!

 

I love this tree house below.

 

If you are a fan of the movie, "A Christmas Story", you'll love this next house.  All the details are there!

 

The boy with his tongue stuck to the pole, the little brother in the huge snow suit.

 

 

There's Ralphie fighting the robbers and the pink bunny suit.  The green stuff is a bit of the siding falling off.  That's what you get when you wait too long to see the display.
 

 
And the piece de resistance- the leg lamp.  That was a fun little outing and afterwards we had a nice dinner at our house.  We've got more plans for the week, including a little snow play, some shop hopping and the usual Christmas Eve, Christmas Day activities.  More to come later!