In my former life, which seems many moons ago, I was the visual merchandiser for Kohl’s Department store. Decorating for Christmas began in September and every year I decorated many trees, hung many wreathes and banners and decked out the store.

I loved that job, though I must admit that decorating my own house, after all that work at the store, started to become a chore the last few years of my working at Kohl’s.

But now with only my house to decorate, which I wouldn’t even have to do because we don’t have anyone over for the holidays, I find great joy in it. There is just something so fulfilling to my soul to sit and have a glass of wine, candles lit, Christmas music playing, and enjoy the fruits of my labor of decorating.

It’s a creative outlet for me. I found two large birch branches today at a local shop and just knew I wanted to use those in my decorating. I also cut branches from our giant pine tree in the back yard, dried red berries from a shrub, and hydrangeas from my garden which dried to a pretty amber.

Before I knew it, a few hours flew by – I was in my own little world of joy, preparing my sweet writing cottage to welcome in the season of Christmas. To top it off, I added a homemade bird suet feeder to the birch branch so my winged friends can partake in the joy of the season, too. Now all I need is some snow to really make it all very festive!

I can’t wait to see the green spot light glow on the decorations tonight once it gets dark, which won’t be too long now.

I hope your Thanksgiving weekend has been one of joy and thankful moments… I know mine has, and for that I say a grateful thank you for all I have.

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