My husband and I are both half German and half English...
the English going back to the Mayflower!
We have a little secret we keep about that.
(Trish...don't you tell!)
Anyway, our German ancestry is closer at hand...
my husband's paternal grandparents immigrated from Germany and
my great great grandparents on both sides immigrated from Germany.
And there has been no other nationality in there that I can find.
So we decorate for Christmas in German style...
these are some of my favorites:
I collect German wooden ornaments,
mostly Steinbach
Here is the first one I ever bought long before I was married to a German.
Long before I knew I would be collecting them.
I fell in love with them.
Now my tree is filled with their happy little faces.

And German smokers...
this is my favorite.
My nephew bought it for me when he was in Germany.


And the German pyramid
spins when the candles are lit.
o-k, I spun it for you to see.

And of course German nutcrackers

All these creatures come out in November to bring on the holiday cheer.
Oh, and look who was getting into trouble with tissues
while I was distracted taking photos...
my favorite little pup.
