Twelve days of Christmas

12 days of Christmas tree sits right next to my desk

A drummer drumming

A lord a leaping

A swan a swimming, a partridge hidden in the tree,

and a peek at a lady dancing

A few shelf sitters and danglers here and there

 playing in the room

On the other side of the room, another skinny tree 

tucked next to the bookcase.

Lots of Santas and elves

The ornaments and figures here are all 

from the House of Hatten

designed by Denise Calla in the late 80's.

My collection is quite large, 

too many pieces for this tiny room

but I love them, so I display as many as I can.

I hope someday one of the kids 

will want the collection.

Meanwhile until 2012 I can enjoy them

each time I sit down at the computer.

The bedrooms are also finished,

what remains is the main living room

 and dining room.

That takes a full day, oops, 

it takes today, so I had better get started.

In case you are wondering I put up

11 trees this year

3 - 3'

2 - 4'

3 - 5'

2 - 7'

1 - 8'

but who is counting?