my vintage santa collection:
prosecco by the tree:
where you hang your stockings when there is no mantel:
cate’s christmas eve excitement:
new jammies by the tree. note to self: italy doesn’t “do” christmas pajamas. don’t count on gap. you will order four sets of matching pajamas EARLY. you will think you are on top of your game. the gap will only deliver the 2 sets of 3ts. NOT HELPFUL. next year…be prepared.
santa came! :
pigs in a blanket-a christmas morning tradition:
the aftermath:
cutest stuffed frogs from bb!
santa knows ‘ashion…yes?
princess dresses+t rexes+ dragons=a 3 year old’s dream christmas:
overwhelmed with gratitude that he was here:
i was a VERY good girl. santa brought me a leather bag from firenze. sneaky santa!!
giant kinder eggs from their stockings:
santa brought me something else…pneumonia. BOOOO!
hope your day was beautiful and bright. love you all!
Loved every picture. Merry Christmas to your sweet family. Praying you feel better soon. xoxo
Looks like a great Christmas! 🙂 SO sorry you have pneumonia though! That’s the worst! 🙁 I hope you feel better soon!
So fun to see the photos, Steph! Hope you feel better, mama. Love you!
Thanks for sharing your lovely Christmas! I hope you feel better very soon!
Beautiful Christmas memories with your MAN there… Get well!!
Looks like a beautiful Christmas! Feel better soon!
Wonderful photos! take care of yourself!!!
Looks like a wonderful Italian Christmas…besides the pneumonia! I hope you get better soon. If it makes you feel any better, I got appendicitis and had to have surgery! Lol! Wishing you good healthy in the New Year and lots of precious family time!
I am so sorry you ended up sick! I too had a very serious illness while in Germany at Christmas several years ago. I was in bed on Christmas day, and could not move, or breathe, or do anything normal. Please get lots of rest.
You marble floor always throws me off. It took me a minute to figure out that this wasn’t a tiny tree sitting on a marble top table. 🙂 Hope that you kick the pnuemonia quickly. Santa brought us the stomach flu over here. Holiday sickies are no fun.
OMG! I love that dragon!!
It looks like a really wonderful Christmas with all of you together. So glad, but I’m really sorry you’re ill. I do hope you’re completely better very soon.
Hi Stephanie, love all your photos and funny stories. Question – why are some gifts not wrapped under the tree? Just asking! (Ones from Santa?) I’ve seen that a few times around the place and am just wondering. We don’t do that in Australia. Merry Christmas!
Santa doesnt wrap in our house. ❤️
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Oh no! Get well soon, Stephanie! Wonderful photos and memories of your first Italian Christmas!!
Yikes! Hope you are feeling better. Pneumonia is a horrible, horrible thing to get. Merry Belated Christmas!
Poor you! Take care, oranges, plenty of rest, the works! Cute x-mas pics, i always loved it when they wore new pjs for Christmas! Love your decorations, great job as you probably shopped it all in one piece from the US! My twins turned 13 today, how time files!
So sorry you’re sick – take good care of yourself. I had pneumonia a couple years ago & thought I’d never get well. Try to get as much rest as possible. Remind me next year & I’ll help you out with the Christmas pjs. Love all of the Christmas pics!
Beautiful Christmas pics (Cate’s look is priceless!). I have had pneumonia several times, no fun at all! Hope you are well soon! Santa only brought one gift to our house, and never wrapped. All the rest of the loot was from mama and papa.
Oh fab – thought that might’ve been the case. I love the photo of the twins holding their dinosaurs while wearing their princess dresses, so cute.
Happy New Year! I’m catching up on my blog reading after being away. I love those giant Kinder eggs! I think I still have all the Kinder egg toys in a jar somewhere in storage. Love those things!! Enjoy!