It's always Christmas at my house. Santa lives with us all year long !
Just a few past pictures while I am working on my new Santa's and Snowmen.
It is less then 200 days until Christmas is here. We always say," We will be ready, Next Year". The only way to do that is to start now. How? Easy to start.
~~ Pull out your cookie recipes. ~~
Look and see what cookies you will be making. Buy your sugar, nuts, flour and spices now. It won't be a big hit to the budget in the fall or winter. I buy my raisins when they go on sale and earmark them for Christmas. I put all my items on a special shelve, in my pantry. Nuts go in the freezer. Special nuts don't go on sale very often, so I pick them up when I don't have a big shopping list.
~~This can be step one on your way to getting done on time. ~~
I have purchased some wonderful Old Molds that I will make Santa's with. The cutest one is only about 5 inches tall. It shows a Belsnickle running around and grabbing the bad children and putting them into his bag. This is what Belsnickle did. Santa was not always, Mr. Nice Guy.
This is the Santa that was published in Early American Life. Santa had the centerfold.
Happy Summer !
Cheers
