We have an assortment of old decorations from when my husband was a boy.  Several, including the Santa and reindeer for the roof, were left behind at our old house. Some, like the jumbo old school colored strands of lights are just scary expensive to use. My electric bill would be crazy. The small four piece Nativity scene made the move, and while they look pretty worn out I still insist they be put on display every year.

Our first winter in this home, a snowstorm buried Baby Jesus. When the snow melted we discovered the flimsy manger had snapped. We were now down to just the three main characters, nothing to put Baby Jesus in, and Mr. B. was going to just send them to Goodwill. I asked him to give me some time to think of something to safely put the lighted plastic baby in and he obliged.

He then went outside to hang my Dollar Store garland and bows and plug up the giant blow up snowman and penguin that his parents passed down to us a few years ago. After two years of snow and wind, he learned to put them at the end of the porch, closer to the house, rather than out in the middle of the yard. He did a wonderful job, even with a penguin that had seen better days.

I uncovered my yard flag from a box of lost things and hung it by the steps.

Then I devised a plan to get Baby Jesus back into the yard, lit up, with fresh light bulbs, hopefully protected from the snow.

I did think of something. Pretty cool if you asked me; however, hubby came home and insisted 100 watt lightbulbs were not safe and he replaced them with something smaller. My little 3 piece Nativity might be half the size of his winter display – mine shines brighter even in the daylight.

Merry Christmas everyone!