Every year, living in Arizona, I miss the seasons! And the only way I've found to 'feel' the time of year is to decorate.
So beginning right after Labor Day, I put up Autumn or Fall decorations. I feel they can give the sense of the season and the decorations go through Halloween and Thanksgiving. Of course it looks more Fall with only a few select Halloween stuff in the house that is easily taken away to get back in the swing of Autumn.
On Thanksgiving evening, after we are all stuffed and everything is cleaned up, I change over my Autumn tree to a Christmas tree and add two other large trees in my house along with about 10 miniature trees I inherited from my Mom when she moved and downsized. With other Christmas stuff, the house changes seasons on Thanksgiving night.
And then, even though our family tradition was to celebrate the twelve days of Christmas from December 25th through January 6th, I have this innate sense that everything must be down and wiped clean by December 31st to start the New Year anew.
I just realized how many of my friends are waiting to see when I post pictures of my Autumn Tree. It looks similar each year. I may have to start switching it up with maybe only one or two colors at a time. This year, I added the large leaves at the top and took away the glitter leaf ornaments. Yes, there are Autumn/Fall ornaments out there.
Let me know what you think?
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