Father Christmas and the Woodland Wagon

My Father Christmas seems to think of this French goat cart as home each Christmas. He ends up here because after 40 years he has a bad back and needs some support. (can any of us relate?) It can't be seen from here but this year he's sitting in my old Tartan Plaid train case.

This is a really poor pic because I took it in the evening and hopefully I can get a better shot in daylight. When I saw that old luggage about 15 years ago I just had to have it, and honestly I've never seen another one like it... not even suitcases. It was a one in a million find! It's perfect for the Christmas season.
When I opened up the train case you can guess what I found. A bevy of adorable stuffed squirrels and a chipmunk that I didn't even know I'd stored there. Somehow they seemed to match my "woodland" Christmas theme, so they joined in with Santa.

I've mentioned before that my mom made these Santas back in the 80's for crafts fairs, which were so popular at the time. She sold all but two, so she gifted my sister and myself with one. I've used it every year since and treasure it.

From this angle it looks like the tree is leaning but it's not, just the camera lens. Sorry, just tilt your head to the side a bit. haha. 

I usually don't decorate this tree, but I moved the larger of my small trees to this wagon and it seemed to need a few of my woodland ornaments. I love decorated trees, but I've not had help decorating Christmas trees since the girls left home 20 years ago and honestly I like the look of a bare lighted tree almost as much.

I took this pic when I first set this up and at that time I had the wood cut out snowman here. Not sure why he was moved, but the tree hadn't been decorated either. As you can tell from all my decorating it's a continuous "work in progress".

Thanks for coming by. I hope you're enjoying your first week of December. 

Do you have all the decorating and gift shopping done?

Christmas Greetings from the Garden Room

And from the Way Back Machine 10 years ago...

Christmas in the Cupboard

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  Christmas Baker's Rack?

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