Doright Manor isn’t a fancy place. Studly Doright and I seldom (never) entertain, and neither of us is overly concerned with having a spotless house.
I do enjoy playing with decorative items, though. And while my styling taste is on the eclectic side it’s also not expensive. All those years of having no money taught me how to make do with the decorating resources at hand.
Here’s a little tour of a few of my Christmas vignettes:
The Santa above was purchased for me when I was about four. When Mom passed away it was one of the few items I wanted. The old guy is getting pretty worn, but he’s my favorite decoration.
This Christmas bear would greet guests at the front door if we ever had any. I bought him at a post-holiday sale many years ago.
My mismatched Christmas village is mostly comprised of items I’ve found at garage sales. I like that the items are built to different scales. Imperfection pleases me.
Studly Doright has yet to notice the sprig of mistletoe hanging in the main hallway. I’ve gone unkissed for several days now. Well not exactly, but no kissing has occurred under the mistletoe.
My preppy reindeer couple and stylized Christmas trees are relative newcomers to Doright Manor. I need a backdrop for them, but nothing has caught my eye yet.
Our main tree is perfect in an imperfect way. I used to do a fancy schmancy tree, but it was sort of boring.
Above are stockings that SHOULD have been given to my children when they started their own families, but I cry every time I think of letting them go. The bear was bought for our daughter’s first Christmas and the reindeer for our son’s. Neither of them holds many goodies, which was a good thing in those years we were so poor.
Since we don’t have a fireplace, our stockings are hung on the bookshelves with care, in hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there. From left are Studly’s, mine, and the two cats’.
That’s our dining table with Santa and a single reindeer.
Below is my gigantic angel overseeing the nativity. Almost a Gulliver’s Travels situation going on here, but I love my nativity scene.
Scout was interested in my placement of each piece, so I took the opportunity to tell her the story of how Jesus came to be born in a stable and placed in a manger.
Here she is, looking for the baby. Well, that’s my story anyway.
My cowboy snowman is fittingly in the Texas guest room.
This Santa is in one of the guest bathrooms. He is quite discreet when folks need to use the facilities.
On my kitchen hutch is a party of reindeer being hosted by my naughty elf on the shelf. They raise a ruckus in the wee hours.
That’s about it, I suppose. Thanks for taking the tour.
Peace on earth, and good will towards men, people!
Praying for Eyebrowz 
1. Of course the cats need their own stockings. 😂
2. Love the mismatched village. You’re my people!
3. You have not one but several guest rooms? I wonder if I can call you when I next want to run away…dibs on the Texas room! Be forewarned: Might happen sooner rather than later…😲😉
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You may certainly call me if you ever need to run away. We have two guest rooms—the Texas room and the Florida room. If I could talk Studly into getting rid of his “office” (the place where old paperwork goes to die, but only after it sits in limbo on his faux cherry desk for a year) we’d have three. I keep threatening to rent rooms out to handsome grad students to help make ends meet when he retires, and it’d be nice to have three to choose from….
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That’s awesome.
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I love your decorations. The Santa doll is a little creepy, but dolls are like clowns to me. Beautiful tree!
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Thanks!
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A fine tour of the stately home. I like the mismatching.
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Thanks! It’s hardly stately, though. I only showed the good parts.
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It’s a Manor. It must be stately
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Oh, right! I forget sometimes that I live in such a place. 😉
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🙂
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I love your decor – the stockings work well on those cool open shelves like that – and glad you kept the Santa after all these years
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Thank you. I finally bought a doll stand for Santa. It’s a miracle he hasn’t been knocked down by a curious cat.
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Your home looks so festive. I especially like the Santa from your childhood. Thanks for the tour!
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Thank you for coming along on the tour!
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I enjoy seeing how other folks do the holidays, and always wonder if I’ll spot any little item that I remember from my own growing up years.
I like the contemporary table quite a bit.
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Thank you. I think I bought the reindeer couple at Target at their clearance sale a couple of years ago. They’re just too cool.
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I can’t decide whether I love the teensy village best or the stockings on the bookshelf. All of these are so adorable! 😭
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Thank you! Every year I do it differently (mostly because I cannot recall what I did the year before).
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That’s understandable, hehe! 😁
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Me likey!!!!! I love the nice mix especially of cute, of traddy. I just hope Han is there dear.. x
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He’s there. In a nice safe spot that the cats cannot get to.
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Us either… xxx
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Ha!
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They are all so fun and festive! I want to steal your bear, though. I’ve always loved bears and collected them for a while, but… just more stuff. I would make an exception for a holiday greeting bear, though.
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He’s pretty sweet. Every now throughout the year I look in on him in his storage closet and ask how he’s doing
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so festive, I am STILL yet to put anything up, have had no time
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You’re a busy, productive woman!
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True, but I am still not feeling it
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At least he’s not run off with your Mary. That had me worried you know.
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I keep them at least a room apart at all times.
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Puhew!!!!! Glad to know this/
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I love everything! It’s so warm and Christmasy!
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Thank you!
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Perfect Imperfect trees are the best!!
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For sure.
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