Byers Choice Decorating Girl Santas Hand-painted paper mache with glitter

Hand-painted paper mache with glitter accents

Patience Brewster Cookie Jar

A Vicki Smyers design for Bethany Lowe Designs

Golden Retriever hand hooked wool pillow

Edgar looks great paired with Lenore Crow

Byers Choice Decorating Girl Santas Hand-painted paper mache with glitterIn early America, Christmas celebrations centered on friends, family, fun and foodmuch like our festivities do today. Early settlers in America brought Christmas traditions from the "Old World" to the new, celebrating the holiday as they did back home. Churches were often decorated for Christmas while individual homes were decorated less frequently and more sparsely. Christmas decorations of the time involved natural materials such as holly,