A few years ago, Colorado Boy was talking about how much he wanted his own Christmas tree that he could decorate however he wanted because he was upset that I wouldn’t let him put ALL the ornaments on one branch (I think the tree would have fallen over!). So, the next day we went and bought a mini Christmas tree and a new tradition was born.

This year, Colorado Boy went for minimalism on the tree itself, with a special display of train ornaments UNDER the tree

This year also marks the first year of Colorado Princess’ very own Christmas tree. Colorado Grammy bought her a PINK PRINCESS TREE to celebrate the occasion. Woohoo!! This particular tree came “pre-decorated” by Colorado Grammy, but Colorado Princess has moved things around and added an additional ornament to celebrate her favorite Princess, Belle!

Mickey and Santa are two of my favorite characters and I love to include them both in my holiday decorating, so I was excited when my mom introduced me to the Disney Traditions figurines by Jim Shore. It’s kind of become a tradition for my mom to give me a new figurine on my birthday, so now I have quite a collection of them that I put out every year at Christmas.

I was lucky enough to meet Jim and have him sign one of my pieces at the D23 Expo in 2009 and I really enjoyed hearing about the process he goes through to come up with just the right “feel” for each piece. You can tell he really loves what he does and I think that shines through in the details of each piece.

Here are a few of my favorites