Dream On!

Dreaming of a Perfect Christmas......

Maybe it's because the FIRST time I ever saw the Lovely Old Dollhouse, Dear Readers, was on a Christmas Morn a long time ago, that I associate dollhouses so much with Christmas! To me it is just the PERFECT time of year to prepare the little houses with all the details that we long for so much in the Big World, but often cannot achieve..... to dress them in all the garlands and finery and bring out all the tiniest Treasures... to set up the little Tableaux that epitomize those Longings of the Heart.... for Home, Hearth, Family and Love! Alas, I am a LONG way from realizing MY Dreams of what I want my Mini-Worlds to looks like! Time marches on and the decor is just NOT finished! So Forgive me, Dear Readers, if what I show you has a familiar look.... there are only one or two changes from Last Year...... but I wish to bring you a glimpse of my Tiny World at Christmas.... Ready or Not!
You have seen the Folly in many seasons...... and Someday there will be a lovely landscape around the little house.... and too bad there is NO SNOW yet in our Northern yards...... but some years are just like that..... not Quite Ready! But there are some lights on the trees .... which have snow on their branches because last night it did snow about five flakes (and then melted)......

Oh and look who is waiting on the Porch...... helping to decorate.......

These dogs Must belong to Daphne who is staying at the Folly.......

I think their names are "Duke" and "Duchess"......
(Yes, they are supposed to be Christmas Tree ornaments.... bought in the supermarket....!)

And if you come around to the side you can see in the window.....

I LOVE looking into windows at the tiny world inside......

Daphne and Will are still discussing the Nature of Christmas and the Holiday Season......

While they sit by the Fire........

Dreaming of what is to come.....

And the little Nativity is set upon the Mantle this year.....
(The mirror is another Christmas Tree ornament I bought years ago....
and I knew it would make a PERFECT dollhouse mirror!)

Meanwhile in the Lovely Old Dollhouse..... Pollyanna is still mesmerized by the Beauty of the Christmas Tree lights.... those Tiny Colored bulbs are just so Enchanting! But she has managed to set up the Nativity....... and the Family is all gathered around to wait for Christmas Eve.....

Annabelle is Enchanted by the Nativity.......

The figures are arranged on the sideboard.... just like last year......

But this year we also have a cloth and the portrait on the wall.....

Here, you can see them closer..... they are resin figures about three quarters of an inch tall.....
But still...... the room has no garlands, no wreath adorns the door ......
No festive feast nor gingerbread house in sight...... No stockings line the mantle.... no gifts are piled under the tree.......No Snow.... no Glitter.....
SO MUCH I still want to do.......

And in the Chapel of the Castle........

where the murals are still unfinished....

No flowers adorn the Altar....

No, wait.....
in the Middle Ages there WERE NO FLOWERS in the Wintertime!

There was just the Cold DARK Night......

Lit by Candles on the Altar......

Where the Story of the Birth of Christ was Carved Into the Wooden Altar Screen.....

And Gilded so it shines in the Light......
(This Altar Screen is also a Christmas Tree ornament purchased many years ago....
because it really was such a perfect Dollhouse scale decoration!)

Adorning the Altar..... where the devout offer their prayers....
and Worship the Babe who was born so long ago........
Christmas Eve.....

From my House(s) to yours I send you this wish......

That your Fondest Dreams my Come True!

May your Holidays be Filled with Love and Laughter!

Dream On!