Christmas Traditions at Angel Wood Cottage

I have a few unbreakable Christmas Traditions. Some involve decorating. Some involve feast and féte. Some are just between me and baby Jesus. Angel Wood Cottage is a little slice of heaven on a beautiful lake nestled on Amelia Island Florida. I love decorating her and Christmas Traditions are part of the process every December. One of my Favorite Christmas Traditions is decorating a tree for every room. These little jewels just make my heart sing with joy!!

And a Giveaway

I also have a pretty cool $100 Wayfair Gift Card giveaway for you after I share my Christmas Traditions! The giveaway is about accenting traditional Christmas trees with a fun and different twist. Keep scrolling to see my twists…and theirs.

Christmas Traditions: A Tree for Every Room

Kitchen Christmas Tree

Angel Wood Cottage is my Well-Collected Home™ lovingly decorated with finds and treasures from our wanderings. Here is my beloved Kitchen Christmas tree. I am attracted to anything in miniature. I love tiny kitchen tools and gadgets and have amassed quite a few over the years of scouring thrift stores and estate sales. A few years ago, I decided to place some of them on a little tree on the kitchen island. A new Christmas Tradition was born. Read about it here.

See all the tiny kitchen ornaments? There is a tiny whisk, small pots and pans with lids, wooden spoons, and my favorite little find–a miniature egg beater.

And this tiny (one inch tall) rooster cookie cutter came home with me about 40 years ago from France. I have collected roosters since I studied muraling and decorative painting in Lyon when I was but a child. I have made many cookies with him and count him among my most prized possessions.

Music Room Christmas Tree

Each year I add another tree to another room. We are a family of musicians and vocalists. So we always have a dedicated Music Room. This tree is decorated with tiny instruments and rests on my Mother’s piano, which I inherited. Read more about this tree here.

Beachy Christmas Tree

Of course, I could not leave out a beachy tree. I made this shell Christmas Tree a few years ago to use as a centerpiece for meals by the lake. This little wonder stays out all year and graces the cottage with its beautiful iridescent glow. See it in action at a Christmas Brunch.

Lanai Christmas Tree

Last year, I added a tree to the Lanai (screened porch). It has tiny birds and shiny ornaments on it. We love to watch the birds from this porch, so it is a fitting that we have an outdoor Christmas Traditions tree also.

The Dining Room Tree

This year I am adding a dining room tree. I placed some pieces from my silver collection among the flocked branches along with tiny snowmen. It is a work in progress.

What a joy these trees bring to me. I hope I may have encouraged you to begin a new Christmas Tradition! {WINK WINK}

The $100 Wayfair Gift Card Giveaway

UPDATE: The winner is Darcy Zalewski –  Congratulations! Thank you all for entering the giveaway!!

Since Wayfair is sponsoring this post, they wanted to give my readers a chance at winning a gift card to perhaps start some new Christmas Traditions of their own. Thank you Wayfair!!

Here’s How the Giveaway Works

In order to enter the giveaway for a chance to win the $100 Wayfair.com gift card:

1. Please visit Wayfair’s Upside Down Christmas Tree page
2. Select your favorite upside-down Christmas tree
3. Then share you favorite one in the comment section of this blog post

The giveaway will end at midnight December 8^th and the winner will be announced December 9th on this post as an Update. The $100 gift card prize will come directly from Wayfair!

Christmas Traditions: St. Nicholas Tea Party

My annual St. Nicholas Tea Party ~ Victorian Christmas Celebration is a hit with my friends and family. It is a peaceful time-out from all the holiday hustle and bustle. It is about the warmth of the season celebrated with a festive high tea.

Each guest leaves with their own package of tea and scones.