Christmas Mantel And Decorations

We decorated the inside of our house the weekend after Thanksgiving. The guys started decorating  the outside of the house a few weeks ago and finished over the same weekend. I need to take some pictures of the outside as well...they did an outstanding job this year! I ended up helping put some final touches to the outside. But mainly worked on the inside. I totally redid my mantel this year and LOVE it! I had this image in my head and it turned out pretty close! I have had this mirror in my attic for years.My MIL gave me this antique mirror and it was falling apart, so I decided to put it in the attic until now.... I Love it!

This is the 1st year that I have decorated with nutcrackers. My boys have been collecting them for a few years. I had to borrow some from them, plus I bought a couple for myself....

 I bought 2 "42 inch nutcrackers that I have wanted for years! They were such a good deal I could not pass them up this year!

BTW...... Sorry about the dirty mirror. It was really dirty when it came down out of the attic. I did clean it but apparently it still needs a lot more!

I added the lighted Christmas present lights as well,  those are Karlton's favorite decoration.

All the kids have a tree in their room. I have not taken pictures of those yet, so it looks like I still have lots of pictures to take. Have you decorated for Christmas yet?

This is the first time I have linked up to join in on a blog party but I had to join this Mantel Party!

Thanks