[ForeverRoses]

We don't have a theme other than "Christmas". Most of my decorations are from family and friends in Germany, so I guess you could go with a German Christmas theme if there is such a thing.

My favorite things are a Christmas village from our old neighbor Mr. Walters (who died 30 years ago). My parents gave it to me several years ago. It's seen better days, but all the houses are paper mache and the people are all hand-carved wood. It was one of the things he brought with him when he moved to to US from Germany back in the 1950s.

I also love my Christmas Pyramid that my godmother sent me as a wedding gift. You use candles to make the pyramid spin around.

Oh, and I love my silver Advent wreath from one of my Tantes. It sits on the coffee table with the purple and rose candles. On Christmas eve the boys exchange the purple and rose candles with red and we light a white Christ candle in the middle that my son made in Sunday school several years ago.

We usually cut down our own tree, so we will be getting it this Sunday (I think that is too early, but if we wait too long, the selection sucks), but it will stay up until the Epiphany.