Winter Wonderland

So when do you take your Christmas decorations down? 

                     

                      I’ve taken most of mine down, but I’m keeping some up just for a little while, still. Despite the holiday season is over winter is still going strong here in Ohio. The wind chill is below zero, and snow is on the ground. So, I kept my lovely white and glittery trees up with silvery reindeer enjoying the cold weather.

I’ve got silver and white glass ornaments in my glass cylinders and a white non-smelling candle in the other. I love to make these cylinders seasonal; I had red and gold glass ornaments in my cylinder during Holiday season, and now I have my wintery ornaments. Then, a little green to break the icy frozen colors; my mom made these trees many years ago, and I have them in other sizes too.

On my end table I have some lovely winter leafs by Rosendahl for candlesticks. I bought my candlesticks at Meijer, and they’re from Germany. They nearly don’t drip, which is good. My experience is that candlesticks tend to drip because air is getting easer around the flame, and there is hardly any to catch the drippings. I’ve moved these candleholders around quite a bit this season, and the candles hold up when walking around them, and when the door is open near them for a while. Behind my candles is some artsy reindeer that I bought at Michael’s in 2015. There are lovely shadows cast on the wall from the candles and reindeer together. I just love looking at it in the evening! 

My living room is truly a winter wonderland this winter, and probably more winters to come.  I got lots of candles around to give these cold winter nights warmth and coziness.  Who knows, I might start to like winter more now that I have lovely décor in my home.