{"id":2749,"date":"2008-12-14T21:35:28","date_gmt":"2008-12-15T01:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehappyhousewife.com\/?p=2749"},"modified":"2019-08-09T15:12:13","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T19:12:13","slug":"christmastime-at-the-happy-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/real-life\/christmastime-at-the-happy-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmastime at the Happy House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Hi and welcome to our home!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/s533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/?action=view&amp;current=DSCF0531.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/\/i533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/DSCF0531.jpg\" alt=\"Photobucket\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We usually keep our outside decorations simple. (Translation- my husband doesn&#8217;t like to hang outside lights) This year we picked out a wreath from our friend&#8217;s greenhouse. It is beautiful.<\/p>\n<p><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/s533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/?action=view&amp;current=DSCF0532.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/DSCF0532.jpg\" alt=\"Photobucket\" width=\"468\" height=\"351\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I usually only decorate a few rooms in our house. I once had many decorations, but after many moves, my decorations are dwindling.<\/p>\n<p><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/s533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/?action=view&amp;current=DSCF0535.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/DSCF0535.jpg\" alt=\"Photobucket\" width=\"452\" height=\"339\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am very excited that this year I have a hutch to display some of my breakable decorations. My favorites are the snow globes.<\/p>\n<p><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/s533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/?action=view&amp;current=DSCF0504-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/DSCF0504-1.jpg\" alt=\"Photobucket\" width=\"452\" height=\"603\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Someone else likes them too.<\/p>\n<p><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/s533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/?action=view&amp;current=DSCF0509.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/DSCF0509.jpg\" alt=\"Photobucket\" width=\"427\" height=\"320\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My oldest son loves Nutcrackers.<\/p>\n<p><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/s533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/?action=view&amp;current=DSCF0510-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/DSCF0510-1.jpg\" alt=\"Photobucket\" width=\"407\" height=\"542\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One new addition to our decor this year are fresh poinsettias. They are so gorgeous, I am not sure why I haven&#8217;t purchased these every year.<\/p>\n<p><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/s533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/?action=view&amp;current=DSCF0525.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/DSCF0525.jpg\" alt=\"Photobucket\" width=\"430\" height=\"323\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since we don&#8217;t have a chimney I am always baffled as to where to hang the stockings.<\/p>\n<p><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/s533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/?action=view&amp;current=DSCF0528.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/DSCF0528.jpg\" alt=\"Photobucket\" width=\"440\" height=\"330\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSome of the kids love our Little People Christmas decorations. I love them because the kids cannot break them.<\/p>\n<p><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/s533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/?action=view&amp;current=DSCF0527.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/DSCF0527.jpg\" alt=\"Photobucket\" width=\"433\" height=\"325\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We also have some Playmobil decorations because we are equal opportunity around here.<\/p>\n<p><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/s533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/?action=view&amp;current=DSCF0522.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/DSCF0522.jpg\" alt=\"Photobucket\" width=\"463\" height=\"348\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our piano is decorated with a some lighted village scenes which my kids love! I try to buy one every year after Christmas when they are on sale.<\/p>\n<p><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/s533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/?action=view&amp;current=DSCF0524.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/DSCF0524.jpg\" alt=\"Photobucket\" width=\"414\" height=\"311\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Christmas tree sits in our living room and per the kids request can be seen out of two windows.<\/p>\n<p><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/s533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/?action=view&amp;current=DSCF0533.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/DSCF0533.jpg\" alt=\"Photobucket\" width=\"430\" height=\"322\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And yes, the tree is leaning.<\/p>\n<p><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/s533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/?action=view&amp;current=DSCF0500-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/DSCF0500-1.jpg\" alt=\"Photobucket\" width=\"434\" height=\"578\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We don&#8217;t put gifts under the tree until Christmas because we have a two-year old.<br \/>\nMy favorite thing to do in December is grab a cup of <a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thehappyhousewife.com\/make-your-own-starbucks-hot-chocolate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hot chocolate<\/a>, put on some Christmas music and sit by the tree before bed.<\/p>\n<p><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/s533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/?action=view&amp;current=DSCF0551-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/DSCF0551-1.jpg\" alt=\"Photobucket\" width=\"386\" height=\"289\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi and welcome to our home! We usually keep our outside decorations simple. (Translation- my husband doesn&#8217;t like to hang outside lights) This year we picked out a wreath from our friend&#8217;s greenhouse. It is beautiful. I usually only decorate a few rooms in our house. I once had many decorations, but after many moves, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[552,1880,2610],"class_list":{"0":"post-2749","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-journal-journal","7":"tag-christmas-decorations","8":"tag-military-housing","9":"tag-tour-of-homes","10":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/real-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/real-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/real-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/real-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/real-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2749"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/real-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22974,"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/real-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2749\/revisions\/22974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/real-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/real-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/real-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}