My Holiday Home, Part II

The Bedroom dresser and mirror display a 3’ tree covered in ivory and gilt glass balls and ivory ornaments of angels and nativity figures. Flanking the tree are the Holy Family on the right and the Wise Men on the left.

The lighted garland around the mirror has ribbon, ivory glass balls and angel ornaments.

The Guest Bedroom features a lighted garland around the low four-poster bed, a 3’ tree with musical instrument ornaments and two nativity sets. The set under the tree is Reed & Barton’s silverplate nativity bells with one figure as the handle of each of ten bells. The set on the round side table is a tall handpainted tin set with a whimsical style.






The Study tree is 1.5’ and bears hallmark mini nativity ornaments. The nativity is a stained glass scene.




In the Kitchen the Spode Christmas Tree dishes sets the theme of evergreen trees. To add variety the place settings include Avon Ruby Red Cape Cod dishes.

The breakfast table tree is 1.5’ and displays Hallmark mini angels. The nativity is Hallmark’s Merry Miniatures 5-pc. set.



The hutch displays Spode dishes, and green Bordallo Pinheiro wares, and green Libbey goblets. The fresh arborvitae sprigs were cut on Friday Nov. 30 when I set up the hutch display.

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The microwave top displays tree shaped figures, cookie cutters and a tiny gift book.


Finally, in 2005 the Den was converted to a Nativity Scenes Gallery with sets from a bit over 50 countries. I will give an overview of this in another post. Yet another (briefer) post will share my St. Nicholas collection in the study and perhaps the dolls and bears display in the bedroom.

Thank you for stopping at Oak Rise Cottage. I hope you enjoyed your visit and that it revealed a desire to focus on the birth of Christ as the ‘reason for the season.’