All the lights of Chistmas

Every year at Christmas, I like to change things up a little.  I love our traditional Christmas decorations and recipes - you will never see a "decorator tree" with generic ornaments in our house - but I DO like to mix in a few "new" elements just to keep it fun.

I found a lot of candleholders at Goodwill and antique malls over the past couple of years that I brought out this year.  I thought they were all beautiful, and inexpensive enough that if I ever switch them out for something different, it's no big deal.

Here are some of the "new" lights of Christmas this year:

I love colored glass, so elegant!

This was a few dollars at a thrift store.

I found this Lenox candleholder at an antique mall in November, and loved it because it looks like it could easily go from Thanksgiving to Christmas.

I *LOVE* these leaded stained glass vintage votive holders.  (From the '70's?)

I have seen them somewhat regularly at Goodwill, and whenever I see one without cracked glass I buy it.  (Unfortunately I have seen a few too many of these cracked - Goodwill's method of dumping things on shelves tends to create more than a few casualties.)

Sooner or later someone's going to blow these up on instagram and I won't be able to find them for $2 or $4 anymore...

(The glass tree is from an antique store as well.)

Stained glass is one of my favorite things.  So pretty!!

This stained glass candle topper came from Goodwill too, and I use it every year.

I think the vintage plate came from Goodwill also.

The trees and Lenox candlesticks came from antique stores, as did the green glass candle centerpiece.

It stopped me in my tracks when I saw it - how I love colored glass!

The center glass piece is not attached and did not come with the green glass part on the bottom.  I bought the clear glass piece separately at Goodwill so the candle wouldn't melt down into the glass petals - so the center can be changed to something different.

I think some people who never thrift might be surprised at how elegant and lovely some Goodwill finds can be!

We're still a few days out from New Year's Eve but I'm already sad the Christmas season is fading out.  I'm going to hang on to it this year as long as I can.