Christmas - Teacups in the Garden

A Fancy Party Dress amidst Christmas Preparations

For the remainder of the week, we’ll likely play lots of games by day and watch Christmas/New Year’s Eve combo movies each night…can’t get enough of it. 😉

1957 Changeable Red-Black Silk Taffeta Dress

The dress drew positive attention at the Christmas party, where a guest asked me about the style, my sewing, and the rest of my historical sewing.

Christmas Cheer Woven through our busy School Days

Since I was portraying the Napoleon of the White House, this looked elegant enough to serve for our White House Christmas Progressive Tea Party.

Christmas Eve Snacks, Gown, and Candlelit House

Inspired by a recent visit to the Pret-a-Papier exhibit of historical gowns created from paper, I decided to do the same with mine. Why not?

Christmas Fun Singing, Decorating, Baking, and Cooking

All the kids heard me talk about before attending Michael W. Smith’s Christmas concert, was how popular he was when he began his career when I was a teenager.

Rhetoric Literature: Twelfth Night, Napoleon, As You Like It

Daughter: Isn’t All the world is a stage and the men are merely players? in As You Like It?
Son: I wonder if that quote inspired Napoleon to conquer Europe?

Game Day extends from Christmas to New Years’ Eve and Beyond

Wrapping the huge box, I hid it as much as possible under the tree with my declaration it must remain last to be opened, because it would be the hit of the day.