Deck the halls with boughs of holly, fa la la la la, la la la la!

About a week ago I mentioned to a  friend that I was having trouble finding greenery for Christmas decorating. I love to have greenery throughout the house tucked here and there, often where you least expect it. Unfortunately, here at MFFC in Fort Worth, Texas, evergreens are hard to find as I don't have any evergreens in my yard and no forests close by.  So a few weeks ago, I purchased packages of greenery, $5 for a package with three or four moderate-sized sprigs of pine, cypress, and Frasier fir. Needless to say, I didn't put up as much greenery as usual.

Well yesterday Santa Claus came early and brought me the PERFECT GIFT!  A friend (MDD's Husband's Mother) sent me a HUGE box filled with Virginia greenery! She must have pruned all of the evergreens in her (and perhaps her neighbors) yard! I can picture her outside, pruning shears in hand, happily lobbing off the ends of evergreens. There were huge boughs of holly, boxwood and two kinds of pine !!!!!  I was like a little kid, happy as can be, and soon my kitchen looked like the back room of a florist shop!

 

I put greenery on a platter in my breakfast area and placed Shiney Brite ornaments on it.....

 

I placed a few sprigs of pine on a tray with ornaments and glittered stars....................

 

Holly and pine bring life to a large silver sports trophy in my TV Room.................

Holly and pine makes a French confit jar happy in my TV Room.........................

 

Holly and pine make this little rose come to life......................

Greenery spices up white roses in vases ..........................

 

Greenery on wall shelves in my Entry Hall ..........................

 

 

I threw out the old greenery on this wall shelf and replaced it with fresh, Virginia greenery!.............

I added greenery to a bowl of ornaments in my bedroom..............

I added boxwood to the bottom of my "Twig tree" (finally, something to hide the soup cans that held the twigs in place!).......................................................

Holly and pine in a vintage red and white vase ...............................

 

I added greenery to a flower arrangement in my dining room.............................

A sprig or two of pine for the mantle................................

 

And lastly, a little holiday cheer for the Longhorn!

 

 

Joyeux Noël, Mitty