I haven't been a Christmas person really until fairly recently (still hate most of the music). Your pics look like a tradition to set the stage pretty well!
We had our Christmas open house sale the other night. Despite the flu going around and the weather bearing down- we still had a good turnout, good sales, lots of friends and family, and an after party where the neighbor's kid got trashed (fun times).
Here was our setup in the dining room
One of the guests was a buddy from north of here that custom makes knives. He brought the present that the wife and I decided for eachother (he hand makes this Damascus steel). (
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