It's Snowing! **

Welcome to the second part of my Christmas in July. I have been collecting the 'Snow Village Department 56' for about 14 years. My Mom-in-law started my collection when I quit smoking. I never started up again either, thank God! She let me pick out my very first one and told me that I could choose from any series that I'd like to. She's very sweet that way. I love her dearly and she's my best friend too. I chose the church to be my first building.
I use to keep these things on my kitchen counter for years during the Christmas holiday. I was just simply running out of room and was becoming afraid to even set them up on my kitchen counter for fear that one would get broken by a dropped plate or something. Then my hubby came up with the idea of putting up some plastic white shelves and tying them together. We now had the room to do that since we've gotten a smaller dining room table. I just cut some of that felt snow and voila! I cut it so it would hang low behind the shelves to hide the cords. I finally had a safe place to set them up.










































My newest addition last year...













































































































Inside the radio station...



















The top of the greenhouse. You really can't see the detail inside...

This is the church I mentioned...























And there you have it, my Snow Village collection. I do have a photo with the lights on at night but it wasn't of good quality. So maybe this Christmas I can snap a pic in the evening for you. As you can imagine, it does take some time to set up. But when it's up, it's so nice to enjoy for the whole month of December. I just love it.
I just want to say thank you to my new followers and to my others who continue to read my blog. You all have beautiful blogs and I am honored that you'd stop in to read mine. I appreciate the time you give to leave a comment. Cause let's face it, we have a lot of blogs that we want to visit. I love to read each and every one of your comments.
It's snowing here....yeah right. We're in another heatwave. I do live in the north right? I mean, not North Pole north...but North. Yep, that's right.
I'm signing off..........from Peek-A-Boo Street.

* Christmas In July *

It's Christmas in July here on Peek-A-Boo Street. I found a few Christmas thrift finds that I wanted to share with you. I wasn't posting last Christmas so I'd thought I'd share my Christmas tree with you from last year.
I was so happy when I found these vintage ornaments. I can't wait to put them on my tree this year...

A ceramic dish I will be using this year to set out some Christmas cookies...

A Spode plate, 'Winter's Eve.' Bummer I only found one. I will be on the look out for another...

A pic of last year's Christmas tree...

Some of my ornaments. I don't know about you ladies, but when it comes to my ornaments NO one touches them but myself. The fam knows if they touch them, someone is getting hurt, lol. Also you will spot out some threaded popcorn on the boughs that I did last year. I don't do this every year for obvious reasons. Time consuming but a nice added touch...

You might have seen this pic of me last Christmas as I did pop in last Christmas to post this pic of me to wish you a Merry Christmas. After three years of blogging, I thought my blogger friends might be wondering what I looked like, lol. See that village behind me? More on that in my next post.

With that,
Merry Christmas in July!
I'm signing off........from Peek-A-Boo Street!

Merry Christmas! *

Merry Christmas to you and yours!

Love, Anne ♥

~ Auld Lang Syne ~

We've all heard that song sung on New Year's Eve before. Does anyone really know the lyrics to that famous song, Auld Lang Syne? And just what does that song mean? Does anyone really know?
Well that song was written first as a poem by a Scottish poet, Robert Burns in 1796. Auld lang syne means, "old long since" and "time gone by." The song mentions if old friends and past times will be forgotten.
A bandleader Guy Lombardo is the one who made the song famous when he and his brother's started their band. They would play it at midnight on New Year's Eve as their signature piece. The first time they played Auld Lang Syne was in 1929. And ever since then, his version of Auld Lang Syne has been playing on New Year's Eve.
Here is the Scottish version that is sung on New Year's Eve;

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne!

CHORUS:
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We'll tak a cup of kindness yet,
For auld lang syne!

And surely ye'll be your pint-stowp,
And surely I'll be mine,
And we'll tak a cup o kindness yet,
For auld lang syne!

We twa hae run about the braes,
And pou'd the gowans fine,
But we've wander'd monie a weary fit,
Sin auld lang syne.

We twa hae paidl'd in the burn,
Frae morning sun till dine,
But seas between us braid hae roar'd
Sin auld lang syne.

And there's a hand my trusty fiere,
And gie's a hand o thine,
And we'll tak a right guid-willie waught,
For auld lang syne.

The English version;

Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and old times since?

CHORUS:
For auld lang syne, my dear,
for auld lang syne,
we'll take a cup of kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.

And surely you 'll buy your pint cup!
And surely I'll buy mine!
And we'll take a cup o' kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.

CHORUS

We two have run about the slopes,
and picked the daisies fine;
But we've wandered many a weary foot,
since auld lang syne.

CHORUS

We two hae paddled in the stream,
from morning sun till dine;
But seas between us broad have roared
since auld lang syne.

CHORUS

And there's a hand my trusty friend!
And give us a hand o' thine!
And we'll take a right good-will draught,
for auld land syne.

So there you have it bloggy friends. While you and yours friends and families are ringing in the new year, while toasting and singing, your friends and family will be so amazed that you know all the words to "Auld Lang Syne." And you can look at them weird and say, "What, don't you know the words?"
Have a safe & happy New Year!
I'm signing off...from Peek-A-Boo Street.

~ Christmas Tree 2008 ~

I promised that I would show you a picture of my Christmas tree when I finished decorating it. I had it all done and decorated before Thanksgiving. I wanted the room to be festive for the kick-off of the Christmas holiday. And a room always looks nice with a nicely decorated Christmas tree. Plus I wanted it done for my guests.

I like to decorate my Chistmas tree with no theme involved. As I was relaxing and looking at my tree one evening, I thought the best way to describe my Chistmas tree is that it's my life's tree. And what I mean by that is that it's decorated the way I want it decorated. It tells about who I am. It has history and Christmas pasts. It has decorations that my children had made for me when they were small. It has ornaments from when I was a child. It has an ornament that belonged to my Great Grandmother & Grandfather. It has this and that on it. It's traditional. It shows a little of my Catholic faith on it. Okay, maybe just a little more than a little. It has an angel on top that's dressed in red and green. I have onaments that were given to me by my mom and mother-in-law.

But I think you see where I'm going with this. My Christmas tree is my life tree. And every year I add a few new ornaments to it. I have to tell you that I had a hard time, for the first year since I've been married, fitting all of my Christmas ornaments onto my tree. I want to get more next year but how could I possibly make a desicion on what will not be getting hung up on the tree. Well I'll just have to worry about that next year. My goal is to have my whole tree decorated with those glass blown up ornaments. The ones that are made from germany and so on.

So I thought that I would show you a picture of my 2008 Christmas tree along with the new ornaments that are new this year. Oh please post your Christmas trees so that I can see them. I would love to see them! I hope you all had a wonder Thanksgiving. Signing

off...from Peek-A-Boo Street!

His boots and candy in his hand move.


Big glass wrapped candy.

Santa Candy Cane.


My 2008 Decade Series ornament from Hallmark.


My hubby's Michigan football ornament.

My hubby's Lion's football ornament.

Smaller glass wrapped hard candy.

Have fun decorating your Christmas trees!

Hallmark Ornament

I already got my "Cool Decade" Christmas tree ornament for this year at Hallmark. I collect this series every year.