The Christmas Holiday is truly my favourite time of the year. I start in November, choosing my Christmas cards, Christmas table crackers and gifts, planning the Christmas Dinner Menu and every year I add one or two new decorations to decorate the house with.
This year, the first of two new decorations was a life-size Nutcracker that has movement and music from the Nutcracker ballet. I purchased it from frontgate.com and it did not disappoint. It added a beautiful dinner focal point and delighted our guests. In keeping with the nutcracker theme, I found some table crackers with a nutcracker theme at Metro groceries. Colourful and inexpensive.
While shopping at what I consider the most beautiful, indoor shopping plaza in Ontario, I found my second new decoration. Sherway Gardens has had a recent expansion, with stunning Italian marble floors throughout, new shops including Saks Fifth Avenue and a widely expanded parking network with the latest in parking technology. Even on Boxing Day it was easy to find a parking spot with their green/red light parking system and LED parking updates which tell you how many spots are available in each parking section. When you enter the protected underground parking, you immediately see which spots are available by way of a green light that shines above the spot. As soon as you pull into the spot, the light turns red. Wonderful!
My girlfriend and her twins and I were strolling through Sherway Gardens when we were pulled into Pottery Barn by way of their beautiful decorations. Once in the store, I fell in love with a wrought iron deer. It was so simple and elegant and I knew it would add charm to any space in my home. Pottery Barn instills magic into the holidays and provides beautiful themes to inspire you with. I rarely leave without something stunning and unique.
Life-size Nutcracker with movement and music
Crackers for the Table
Reindeer