The Southern Christmas Queen

From 2016 – which was a very sparkly year. New photos from 2025 Hope Blooms Christmas Home Tour, Fairhope, Alabama You know her well. There’s at least one in each family and several in each neighborhood . . . the ultimate Southern Christmas Queen. Not content with only one measly Christmas tree, she’s been washed…

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What’s the point of decorating for boys?

I guess it’s a Kindergarten teacher gene still in me that makes me love decorating for holidays. Not just Christmas or Easter, but I really do have boxes of St. Patrick’s Day decorations as well as a box labeled, “Groundhog’s Day” that is full of fluffy little rodents in top hats. Every year, I’ve pulled…

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