Papa's Christmas Wonderland 2020

[Papa_Christmas]

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We finished two trees this weekend I'll try and get some pics posted in the next day or so.:elf3:

[JollyElfDC]

Looking forward to it Papa!

[Crazymike1965]

Thanks for all the time you spend decorating Papa. It is a lot of planning and work.

[Papa_Christmas]

Back at you Brother,I've known we were kindred spirits since the first time I saw all the effort you put into your beautiful trees.

[ChantelleJoy]

My two favourite Christmas Decorators! Can't wait to see everything!

[Papa_Christmas]

I'll Start with the front of the house and work my way through the house to the back porch.
The lights are C9 LED lights that go all the way around the house.


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[Papa_Christmas]

The front entry/foyer is my wife's Nutcracker collection the tree is decorated with Nutcracker ornaments.

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[Papa_Christmas]

To the left of the front entry is my Train Layout (hope to get it finished one day)

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Normally this tree is decorated with train ornaments but since we opted to only do 4 trees this year instead of 7, I decided to do it with my retro 1940-1960 style ornaments.The older folks like myself will remember Shiny Brite ornaments.Christopher Radko has bought the name and is producing them in all sorts of new and colorful styles.

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This corner of the layout is Christmas Mountain,it is covered in snow and the shops are decorated with Christmas lights.There is a skating rink with moving skaters and the Stained glass windowed church has a light up Nativity scene.

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[JollyElfDC]

I love all of it, but my favorite is your Christmas city ( It's way more than a village!)!

[Mistletoe]

Wow, and this is with you guys cutting back! lol

My favorite I think is the nutcrackers- I have a soft spot for them. I also like retro ornaments- they have character.

You have an interesting shaped house. The whole effect with the lights and everything is stylish.

Do you take that whole village/city room down every year and then put it back up?

The detail! Your family/guests (and us!) are lucky that you love to do it!

Thanks for the tour!

[Papa_Christmas]

I love all of it, but my favorite is your Christmas city ( It's way more than a village!)!

Thanks Jolly elf

[Papa_Christmas]

The train layout is there year round (without the tree). I've only posted about 10 feet inside the front door I have a lot more to photograph and post.:elf3:

[Papa_Christmas]

Just past the Train Layout is my Study/Office

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This is tree number three it's about 75% Hallmark ornaments.

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I found this when we cleaned out my parents house I can remember this from my childhood so it's probably early sixties.

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[Mistletoe]

Nice! That retro creche is striking.

Have you ever gone on vacation on a sleeper train? I've been wanting to do that for years. One that makes stops periodically at different tourist spots. I was born too late, missing the glory days of train travel.

[Donna-50]

Beautiful as always.

[snowbell1]

:elf3::hopxmas::merrychristmas:Wow Papa, i just love your home and the tree it's all so beautiful.

[Crazymike1965]

Looks amazing Papa, I love the nutcrackers, the ornaments, and the amazing Christmas city. I cannot remeber if I asked you this before but do you leave the train section up all year.

[Kolotto]

Amazing decorations you have! I love all of it

[Bishop1954]

Here is one from our downstairs family room... :christmastree:

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[Mistletoe]

Here is one from our downstairs family room... :christmastree:

That looks so warm, cozy and festive. And I like the light-hearted feel with the Disney figures about. I wouldn't have thought to put the darker garland on the pink tree, but it looks nice. Or is it a white tree with pink lights? And is this the room that you sleep under the trees in?

[Bishop1954]

That looks so warm, cozy and festive. And I like the light-hearted feel with the Disney figures about. I wouldn't have thought to put the darker garland on the pink tree, but it looks nice. Or is it a white tree with pink lights? And is this the room that you sleep under the trees in?

It is a pink tree with white lights. Got it as a "throw away" from the Disney store's Princess display. Yes, I did sleep down there on Christmas Eve. Of course I had to rerarrange one of the trees, so I could turn off the rest in order to get some sleep... lol :jumping:

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Here was another one from my "converted" office (for the season of course).

[Mistletoe]

Here was another one from my "converted" office (for the season of course).
Fun and happy- I like it. :santa:

[Bishop1954]

Fun and happy- I like it. :santa:

Thanks, I have a feeling this next year is going to be another big production... :yahoo:

[Mistletoe]

Hope you and your family are doing okay, Papa! We've been hearing about the snow, freezing temps and the power outages down in Texas!