A Christmas Without Bears?
I spent the weekend decorating for Christmas like many of you. My husband drug out all the boxes, stacked them in the center of the garage and asked “are you doing the bears this year?” ” Think I’ll skip a year” I said. “Maybe they’re getting a bit old, year after year.”
And then tonight I found these pictures…
“So you’re done now, right? I can put all these boxes away?” “Yes, all finished!”, I said. But that was before I found the photos.
I don’t have the heart to tell him my little friends can’t sit outside in plastic bins. I don’t know where I’ll put them now that all the decorations are up, but they have to come in and be part of our holiday tradition. Call me sentimental. He’s put away all the boxes so I think I’ll just link him to this blog post. Who can resist these bears?
While I’m working on finding a place for my bears, I found another picture for you! Would you like to win a few of these tiny little bundles? Packages of 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ squares of Lily & Will II!
Leave me a comment and 12 of you are going to win 3 little bundles each of yellow and aqua Lily & Will II! Oh the fun you can have with these little squares! I’ll announce the 12 winners Friday December 3rd!
Have a great week everyone!
Hugs,
Anne
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Nancy C. in Utah
Anne, I was wondering what those little voices I kept hearing were…now I know it was your bears, calling to you from their storage bins. One of them suggested that maybe if they sang some Christmas Carols it would cheer them all up, but it didn’t help much. They really want to join your other Christmas Decorations!!! I’m very sentimental things tug at my heart very easily. Your bears certainly do!!! OH, now you know your bears better than I do of course but one little rebel in the bunch didn’t want to sing Christmas Carols so he was singing “The Teddy Bears Picnic” song instead, LOL. Do you remember that song? When I was a little girl I had an old 45 rpm record of that song and I would play it on the little record player in my room over and over again until my folks would tell me ‘enough was enough’. While it played I would sit my rag dolls, teddy bear and the few stuffed animals I had in row on the bed and pretend we were having a sing along, with the Teddy Bear in charge, LOL. I hadn’t thought of that song and my ‘sing along’ for a very long time until I read your post today. What a great memory…thanks so much for reminding me of that delightful time. I hope your hubby reads your post and understands that you really want your bears to be part of your Christmas Celebration! Hugs… OH, and I love the little bundles of Lily and Will, so many idea’s of how to use them are dancing through my head but I think if I won I would just have to sit them out in my sewing room (where all my most beloved stuffed animal now reside, LOL) and enjoy seeing them and carefully fondling them for a while. Thanks so much for a chance to have them! Good Luck to everyone!
I just have to tell you one more thing…I watched the movie Toy Story 3 a couple of nights ago and I have this picture in my head of the your bears coming up with an escape plan and making their way to your Christmas tree and all being in their places, smiles on their little faces, surprising you when you walk into the room, LOL. Sorry, it’s just the way my mind works!!!
Michelle
This collection is the perfect blend of childish elegance. Love!
Catherine Z
Greetings from Northern Saskatchewan CANADA!
I love bears too! I have a collection of Ty Christmas Beanie Babies and Buddies that only come out for a few weeks a year! I’m glad you are going to get your bears out too! I adore Lily and Will and would love to have a gift from you – thanks so much if you choose me!