The little Christmas things that always please…

 

Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without my favourite china! Mason’s Christmas Village ! I started collecting it when it was first produced in 1983! I remember buying one mug in a shop in Totnes! It’s all that I could afford at the time! 

Over 40 years later, my collection has grown to the point that when we had to downsize, I didn’t have the room to display it all as we had to buy a smaller dresser. 

This year, I have kept some and passed some on to Nich and Lizzie as I know that they love it and that they will look after it.

Meanwhile…

Yes, it’s the little things that delight at Christmas…and those memories that accompany them. 

For instance, many of these cake decorations came from a shop in Plymouth years ago! 

And this box of matches …I just love! A gift last year ; they are from Archivist Gallery…here

I also love this delightful pack of napkins from Bluebell and Lark…

And my little driftwood tree…

Along with another type of tree…a more recent buy from a local craft shop. I thought that the idea was simple but clever. This one features an area that we love to visit.

My own tree always has a vintage flavour…with 1950s baubles playing a huge part. 

Now these have a story…!

These are almost as old as the Christmas Village china! 

I was asked to do a Christmas craft stall at my daughter’s first primary school and so I managed to persuade a few friends to get crafting! We made loads of these ‘choirboys’ for the stall, amongst many other things! I still have four of them. What fun!

I’m a bit of a sucker for Christmas ‘fripperies!’ 

Finally…a candle that I’ve had since, believe it or not, the 1970s! It was a present and came from Bergen. I’ve never been able to bring myself to light it! 

I’d certainly agree…