First I want to wish each of you a Wonderful Holiday Season and Happy/Merry Christmas to those of you who partake in Christmas like I do.

I thought I would continue my tradition of sharing some of the themed Christmas trees one of my local libraries displays each year. They are decorated by the library staff and you can tell they have fun decorating them each year!

GHOSTBUSTERS:

DOLLY PARTON:

ADDAMS FAMILY:

THE LAST OF US (Apocalyptic show on HBO):

REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES:

THE HOBBIT:

10TH MOUNTAIN DIVISION (see my post Birthday Colorado Roadtrip Part II: Leadville and an Emotional “Divide” to see why this is so special to me)

THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE (Chronicles of Narnia):

DEATH OF THE NILE:

There were so many wonderful trees on both floors (2 stories) of the library I only photographed a sampling. Here are the posts from previous years if you’d like to see a sampling of their past designs:

2024 – But Tierney Christmas is Long Over…

2023 – O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Trees…

I’ll be back posting after the holidays but in the meantime I will be reading/catching up your posts…you know blogging activities seems to take a backseat during this busy season!

Postscript

Do you remember the “House that Won/Keeps Winning Halloween” (see posts The House That Won Halloween, Still Winning Halloween, and The House That Keeps Winning Halloween)? Well it turns out that house is not too bad at Christmas either!

The other day I happened to be taking my daily walk at dusk because the day got away from me and for the first time I saw the holiday decorations at night in that particular street I walked (usually I only walk it during daylight). The “Halloween House” was looking quite Christmas Festive (and not nightmare inducing)!

Do you need any help getting in the mood for the upcoming Christmas holidays? Do you want to see where Christmas has “exploded” and holiday cheer is spewed everywhere? Well I have a post for you 😉

John and I were recently in Las Vegas for his poker tournament and we stopped one day at the Bellagio Hotel’s Conservatory and Gardens where they had outdone themselves on Christmas decorations.

Here we are, overwhelmed with holiday cheer 😉

I don’t mean to make fun of it, the display was actually very lovely and the Bellagio’s team did a spectacular job with the design and decorations.

I got a kick out of the miniature train set circling one of the Christmas trees on display. It reminded of the electric train set we got from my grandfather that always chugged around our Christmas tree when I was a kid.