Holiday Season 2025 - More Santas, Cigars, and Music

Thursday, December 18, 2025

Found another box with Santas in it. I knew I was missing a few when I set them out earlier. 

So I added them to the display. 

Another cigar. Lit up around 1:30. Probably almost twenty degrees warmer this morning. The temperature has been dropping gradually throughout the day. I could really feel the difference by the time I was finished with my cigar. 

More holiday music after I went back inside to warm up. Dale helped me. The soundtrack from A Charlie Brown Christmas turns 60 years old this year. I find it comforting to listen to. I've been hearing it my whole life. 

Holiday Season 2025 - Snowmen

 Thursday, December 4, 2025

Unpacked the snowmen today and started to get them set up. 

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

Pre-Holiday Season 2024: Snowmen

Saturday, November 30, 2024

Started setting these out yesterday but finished this morning. 

Holiday Season 2023 - 5 Days to Go

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Countdown to Christmas - 5 Days

Listened to Perry Como and finished getting decorations on the tree. 

More walking in sunshine.

Cigar time.

ANOTHER relaxing day. I'm loving this.

Holiday Season - 2 Weeks to Go

Monday, December 11, 2023

Two weeks to go. 

Set out some Belsnickles.

Holliday Season 2023 - Full Moon

Monday, November 27, 2023

Full Beaver Moon this morning at 3:16 a.m.

Put up the snowmen this evening. 

Christmas Eve 2022 - Moving Things Around

Saturday, December 24, 2022

Moved the snowmen into the porch to make room for the manger scene in the dining room. 

Christmas Eve 2022 - Star on the Tree and More Decorating

Saturday, December 24, 2022

More tree decorating this morning which intrigued Sylvester. 

Got the star up. 

Holiday Season 2022 - Decorating the Tree

Friday, December 23, 2022

Sylvester watches while I decorate the tree. 

Holiday Season 2022 - Snowmen

Thursday, December 8, 2022

Set out some snowmen today.

Thanksgiving Weekend 2022 - A Quiet, Relaxing Day

Friday, November 25, 2022

Today was a sit-in-a-big-comfy-chair kinda of day.

The house is all clean and picked up from our company yesterday so it was nice to sit around, relax, and enjoy it. 

Holiday Season 2021 - Finishing Up the Grocery Shopping and Decorating the Tree

Thursday, December 23, 2021

Lazy morning followed by a trip to the gym and then the grocery store to finish up getting everything we need for now through Christmas. We're entertaining tonight and then have Mom coming over for Christmas on Saturday. Kowalski's was busy-ish but not inhumane. I'm guessing this afternoon through tomorrow will be pretty nutty. 

Upon returning home from the store I spent some time decorating the tree. I got the medium and large Christmas balls up but that's it so I only made it up about half way up from the bottom. Not worried about having it only partially decorated for company tonight. As I get older I'm growing tired of imposing deadlines on myself that are not for life or death situations like, say, decorating a Christmas tree. 

You have to look hard in this photo to see the top half is sans balls.