The Nickel Tour of Christmas Around the Living Room

We begin our tour with this yummy little candy dish

on the console table behind the couch!

I just want to eat him up he looks so sweet.

 He's the Dept 56 "Hot Cocoa Snowman" candy jar.

I got him a few years ago, when I was on a search for 

a Christmas candy dish...now I have lots!
As we zoom out I spy...

 Cher on the back of the couch!

She's enjoying a rest and wondering who
I'm talking to.

A little tilt up and we see the large mirror 

decked with boughs of holly and eucalyptus.

I got the little wooden animal garland at Pier One

years ago now.  I like it because it goes well

with my India inspired theme in here with its elephants

and camels(?) and donkeys(?).

As we pan right,

 check out the huge faux poinsettia bush!

I used to put them around a fake ficus tree 

every year till Sam threw it out.

It was her idea to stick them in the elephant vase,

and I must say....I like her thinking!

Continue panning right and we see the 

merry group on top of the curio.

The bear is from JC Penney and the 

solider is a stacked candy container we found

at Sam's Club last year.  He's empty now

but I liked his scale more than his candy. 

Tilting down, inside the curio we catch a glimpse 

of the "Amusements Retro Robots" 

Christmas ornaments.

get them here

I found them at Hobby Lobby last year.  

Very steam punk.

The next shelf down we find the jolly little 

get one at Victorian Trading Company

retro snowman bubble light by Bruce Elsass' 

The Hobgoblins Collection for Bethany Lowe. 

Based on a plastic light from the 1950s.

eBay image

Next to him I put a big red bow on

The Fitz and Floyd "Exotic Jungle"

 tiger lidded box.

Out of the curio and a little further right

 is the poinsettia garland strung across the tapestry.

The ornaments are hand blown glass,

from Pier One four years ago.

Just below the tapestry are new Christmas stems 

Sam and I found at Hobby Lobby this week.  

Not sure what they are, maybe Bayberry

stems or white Christmas berry stems.

We needed something for that vase

and I didn't want more poinsettias.

Also sound asleep in front is the Fitz and Floyd

"Old Fashion Santa" candy jar.

On this side of the room a beautiful tiger is

staring at a beautiful tiger on the

wall across the room...

The "Le Tigre Royal" print by Paul Jouve,

a JC Penney find back in 1999,

is festooned with more

holly and eucalyptus garland and

glass icicles, giving it an air of merriment.

That concludes our nickel tour,

I hope you had fun.

 Please exit through the gift shop,

and enjoy the rest of your holiday season!