I know that I won't be able to post next Tuesday before Christmas so I want to take this opportunity to wish all my Ruby Tuesday friends a very Merry Christmas! This year is little Lily's second Christmas and she loves Elmo. Santa and Grandma will be putting lots of Elmo toys under the tree.
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I will be spending Christmas with Granddaugher Lily and her Mommy and Daddy. This is Lily's first Christmas. As a matter of fact she will celebrate her first birthday on the 29th! Yes, right after Christmas. More presents. And, her Mommy's (my daughter's) birthday is the day before on the 28th which is also mine and Hubs 34th wedding anniversary this year! Did you keep all that straight! As you see we have a lot of celebrating to do this year. 
Late Monday afternoon as I'm typing this there are eight, yes eight, deer in my backyard. Hmmm.....maybe Lily and I won't have to wait for Santa as long as we thought!
For almost the past thirty-five years I have collected Hallmark Christmas ornaments. In those years I have probably collected between three and five hundred of them. Some were given by friends and family. In my previous home I had a cathedral ceiling in the living room and a twelve foot tree I decorated for many, many years. Now I have a smaller tree in my current home so most of the ornaments stay in storage. Right now my tree probably has about a hundred ornaments on it consisting of favorites from years gone by. I no longer collect them but did start a collection for my Granddaughter. Baby Lily is getting two for her first Christmas this year. One for baby's first Christmas and one for Granddaughter. So, the tradition continues! I hope you enjoy those I've chosen to share with you. All of them have a little red for this Ruby Tuesday Christmas!
These were the first ornaments for each of my children.
I love the little 'Ricola' man which is what I like to call him. The porcelain snowflake was from my son and his wife.
A little squirrel sitting on a Christmas cookie eating a cherry.
A Hershey's chocolate Santa. Doesn't he look like real chocolate?
Little mice playing the bells.
A family of penguins.
Does this look a little familiar? Look closely. It's the road in my header. I left home Saturday morning to do some Christmas shopping with my Mom and this is what I returned home to. We eventually got about an inch which is still with us due to the 21 degree high temperature for the past couple of days.
As you round that bend in the road you come out at the top of the ridge that overlooks the river. I've taken a little liberty in playing around with this image and added some poster effects to the photo.
Many of you have seen this little log cabin before when I highlighted the door. I stopped by the park while I was out and discovered Christmas carolers had come to sing at the cabin. The red apple wreaths on the windows seemed perfect for this Ruby Tuesday Christmas post. Be sure to enlarge to see all the details and the blustery snow.