Have yourself a merry little Christmas

Finally got our honeymoon painting on Tuesday, although much like our long-awaited hutch, it has a flaw and will need to be repaired (which will entail shipping it BACK to Hawaii and then they'll ship it back to us... I'm thinking this will take no less than 2-3 weeks).  Anyway, it's resting on the mantle right now and we'll actually hang it once it's fixed.  I decided to go ahead and snap some pics of our Christmas decorations, so scroll on to view them.

Our mantle, eagerly waiting to fulfill its Christmas destiny either by housing a roaring fire or by Santa coming down the chimney (check out our new monogrammed stockings that just came in the mail today which L has not yet noticed and maybe that's okay):

The adjoining bookcase:

Our tree (side note: I don't normally only wrap in red papers.  That was a weird coincidence today.):

And our dining room table, which is still sort of a work in progress because I'm not totally pleased with it right now:

We also have a pepperberry wreath on the front door, but that was boring so you'll just have to imagine it.

Thought for the day: I hate the awkward Target commercials that are running right now.  Horrible marketing campaign.  Not at all filled with Christmas spirit. 

 That's all from El Capital Grande today, folks.