Deck them halls and all that stuff.

I pretty much have our Christmas decorating formula down to a science (Get it? Formula? Science? Nevermind.), but I still add a little something different each year to keep things fresh.

The biggest addition this year are these wonderful polar bears. I stumbled upon these while searching on Etsy for something completely unrelated, so I wasn't really prepared to buy them. After I left the listing to go look at something else, I came back to it five minutes later and made the purchase. I just had to have them! According to the seller, they were sold by Martha Stewart's mail order catalog back in the late nineties. May they stand guard by our tree for many years to come.



The lanterns didn't get put away after Halloween / Thanksgiving. I just took the gourds out and filled them with Christmas tree balls.



I always like to add a couple of new ornaments to our tree each year. Recently, a brand new Crate & Barrel opened at our local mall. I've been coveting their ornaments for years, but never wanted to pay the shipping costs for such small items. This cute moose fits right in with our other bristle brush animals.



I thought this chubby little bird was just adorable. And the photo doesn't do the glittery red ornament justice. They are too pretty.



And just for fun, here's an unrelated photo of Lauren enjoying her honeydew bubble drink during lunch at Lulu's Noodles a few weeks ago.