This was a real exciting Christmas for me. There was a tiger under the tree! :-)
At December 19 the snow came back again. I rushed out with the camera and tripod and took this picture. The sharp yellow light is our balcony.
The snow disappeared again. But in the morning at Christmas Eve (December 24) there came some snow again but not so much.
It was snowing and the wind was blowing. Everything was blue in the dusk light.
Inside we had it warm and cosy. Here you can see the Flex neon on the balcony through the window. Notice that the light tube has 3  copies. It's because we have 3 glass in the windows.
The marchall. Outdoor candle.
The lights are sparkling in the tree.
Now I will show some ornaments and decoration.
Angel of paper and Santa made of cloth.
Angel and Santa of cloth. I've got both of my mother for many years ago.
A heart made of plastic.
A heart made of thin cloth. You can put candies in it.
Three angles made of ceramics. I got two of them from Lennart some years ago.
Two ceramic Santa Clause who are real funny. I bought them some years ago at ICA Maxy.
Fly agaric. I 'm holding them in the pin and have them in a flower pot.
An inflated heart that I got from some colleagues for many years ago.
Two Christmas goats made of wood. A handicraft teacher at my work made these for many years ago.
The Christmas Calendar 2006 made of carton. I got this free from our ICA shop.
The home made Christmas calendar. My mother in law did embroider this when he was little.  Then I made small packages with small toys to it. Now Lennart is adult. But we kept the tradition. And put up it every year. But now there is some money in every package. But I also make a surprise (joke) of it. This year the joke was that all the packages has a picture of his new car.
Two typical Swedish old fashioned candles.
At the left the Dutch Sint Nicolaus. At the right 2 Santa Claus. Handicraft made of wood.
Santa Claus and Mrs Santa Claus made of ceramics. I bought them this year at Willy:s and COOP Forum. In the middle a smaller Santa Claus and Mrs Santa Claus made of ceramics. I bouth these at Åhlens.  The tiny ceramic Santa Claus are ornament but I have them standing in a shelf.
Three Santa Claus are candle grease. I got the wooden Santa made of a branch from a colleague.
These 3 Santa Claus are knitted. I bought them at a Christmas market. I remember how the cat Rasputin liked the cap of these. He took it and put his head on it. And Santa had to stand there bareheaded. LOL :-)
The angel at the left is made of bronze. The snowmen, Santa and angels are made of wood. The 3 white angels are made of plastic.
Santa ornament hanging on a lamp.
Some more knitted Santa Claus.  Ornament.
This Santa is the oldest one I have. My mother had it when I was a child. The snowman is made of glass and I bought it at Duka.
Two Santa Claus on top of my computer with the lion and tigers.
Plastic Santa and angel on a candle.
Ängla spel. Angel spin. Not put together yet. You can choose the horses or the angels. I did choose the angels.
Now it is build. Lennart got it from his grandfather for many years ago. We have used if often when he was little.
Now I lighted the candles and the angels are spinning.
The advent candle that my father in law made for many years ago. This year with white lights in the candle.
A dishcloth with Santa Claus. I bought it at Rusta.
There was a strange present under the tree that was growling. The Christmas goat went so frightened so he tipped over on the floor.
Now there came more presents under the tree. The goat is standing on the red package.
Me with a lantern by the tree. I got the lantern from our ICA shop in Christmas present. All customers who were members got a lantern. I have a tea light with battery in the lantern.
We had Christmas dinner. Lennart took the picture.
You can see the rest of the Christmas food  on this page.
Lennart with his laptop on our bed.
Now it was time to get the presents. Lennart got a bag of car candies. Bilar means cars. I made all his present in the subject "Cars".
Here Lennart got a toy car in present. In the same colour as his car.
I made all the labels for Lennart's presents with this picture of his car,  and put his name on the picture in Photo Shop.
Ove got money for a boat simulator on his computer. I made a boat of an advertising paper and put the word "Sjöräddning" = sea rescue (coastguard) service on it. The reason I did is that: He was not so good in running the boat in his computer yet, and should need a coastguard :-)
I got these cute tiny squirrels from a friend in the USA. They are real funny :-) At the right a bit of Santa Claus made of glass.
He, he, I had a Christmas tree for my squirrels.  LOL :-)
I got this flower from a colleague the day before the holidays. Here it still on my desk at work. There is a tiny poinsettia and a hyacinth in it.

I had to wrap the flower well in newspapers to take it home in the cold. But the tiny poinsettia did not stand the cold an died when I came home. I had to walk in the cold in 45 minutes and that was too long tome to be out with a flower that not is made for cold climate.
Here the hyacinth was in bloom.
This wonderful green present came from Spain.
It contained a CD with the Spanish group Mocedades. Real happy and wonderful music.
I got this candy from a friend in the USA. It tasted delicious.
Ove and I got this basket made of wood from his mother. It's handicraft.
I got an extern hard drive and two memory sticks from Ove. The drive in the middle (standing up) and the sticks in the round pot.
I got the strange package from Lennart. I was unpacking it and then.................
GROWL !!!
I got a tiger for Christmas. A real big one :-)
Me holding in the tiger.
The tiger and the goat under the tree.
Now I go back in time. It was November 29 when I  went to Rusta with Lennart. Then I saw this tiger. Lennart took a picture. But then it still was the store who owned the tiger. But at December 24 it was mine :-) Lennart went later alone to Rusta and bought it for me.
We had a wonderful evening. But now Lennart had to go home. I followed him out and we threw away the wrapping paper in the trash house. It was cold. There were frozen drops on Lenanrt's car.
Lennart had to scratch the ice from the windscreen.
Well, now I had a tiger  and a goat under the tree and squirrels in the tree.  But there came one more animal to the tree.............
December 26.
Look! There is a "wolf" under the tree!
We seems to have a zoo in our home, a tiger, a Christmas goat, squirrels,  and now a dog. :-D
This wolf is a dog named Igor who visited us.
Is not he sweet?
Here he comes to the tree again. Have you ever seen flying Christmas balls? Igor has a big tail and was waving down some balls who flied away from the tree.      LOL  :-D

Never mind, the balls are made of plastic and did not break :-)
Here you can see Igor's tail.
Here he comes again. He is so funny :-)
Now Igor will go home with his mom and dad. But he has to be in the car some hours before he is home. Igor is so funny he use to howl as a real wolf when he is talking.

And when he was walking down the staircase in our house, he was howling all the way, so all my neighbours know there was a  wolf  visiting me. :-)
For many years ago I had a cat under the tree. :-)
This tree was a real Christmas tree. And a real cat :-)
December 29. We enjoyed a wonderful sunrise.
January 1. It was snowing. Me in the snow.
A happy Rödluvan with white spots on her hood.
And there is still a tiger under the tree :-)
 
Wilhelmina Schedin 2016-03-10 2016-03-10