Christmas time

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script type="text/javascript" src="http://hb.lycos.com/hb.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ratings.lycos.com/ratings/lycosRating.js.php"></script> <script type="text/javascript"><![CDATA[//><!]]></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://scripts.lycos.com/catman/init.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-start.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-middle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-end.js"></script> <noscript> <img src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/img/common/ot_noscript.gif?rand=544835" alt="" width="1" height="1" />  <iframe frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" width="728" height="90" src="http://ad.yieldmanager.com/st?ad_type=iframe&ad_size=728x90&section=209094"></iframe>  </noscript> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=160 BGCOLOR="#660000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="287a0c00dvldxa.jpg"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="70" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 76 WIDTH="66"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="76" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="66" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Web Site Title"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About the house"><U>About the house</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The House"><U>The House</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Main Floor"><U>Main Floor</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Upstairs"><U>Upstairs</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Below Stairs"><U>Below Stairs</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Front garden"><U>Front garden</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Back Garden"><U>Back Garden</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Carriage House"><U>The Carriage House</U></A></div> <div> <B>Christmas time</b></div> <div> <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="What weve learned"><U>What we've learned</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U>Links</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sign the guest book"><U>Sign the guest book</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Neighborhood"><U>Neighborhood</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Steinbeck House"><U>Steinbeck House</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Frog Ponds"><U>Frog Ponds</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFCC99" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Christmas time</b></div> <div> Victorian Christmas decorations</div> <bR> <div> The Dining Room</div> <div> The Dining Room received a fresh coat of Venitian red paint for the holidays which really makes the wood and wainscotting really "pop".  The old chuckwagon light has been replaced by a new chandelier (shown below bedecked in winter berries and icicles). All we have left to do is wallpaper the ceilings.</div> <bR> <div> The French sideboard sports an arrangement of sugared fruit and evergreens with an assortment of fat little Gobel birds nestling amongst the branches.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3b3d6e10.jpg" border=0 width="214" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="3b82ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <bR> <div> The Formal Parlor</div> <div> The tree stands proudly in the bay window.</div> <bR> <div> The family parlor</div> <div> I think I might have gone a bid mad in this room. Everything that could get "bedecked" did...</div> <div> <IMG SRC="3dce12c0.jpg" border=0 width="225" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="3dee12c0.jpg" border=0 width="225" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="3e0e12c0.jpg" border=0 width="225" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The outside decorations</div> <div> Trying to come up with a unique approach that has not been (over) done is quite a challenge. Here's our solution.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>