German Influenced Christmas Home Tour

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It’s Christmas Home Tour season and it’s my favorite time of the year.

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I went all out with fresh greenery, pinecones, nuts, apples, and oranges for this home tour

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I made a German Advent wreath for our fireplace coffee table. Lighting a new candle on every Sunday in December was one of my favorite traditions growing up.

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This year I hung up my vintage German Rosenthal Björn Wiinblad Christmas plates in the living room and I really like them in that spot.

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Every year we add to our German smoker collection and display them somwhere in the house

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For Christmas we used to sit by our real wood fireplace and crack nuts with my parents.

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The German wooden miner and angel candle holders made their annual appearance again too.

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Our German Christmas pyramid always makes an appearnce as well

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