HOLIDAY HOME dining room is filled with handwritten personalized letters the kids have received from Santa . Mixed in are Kathe Wohlfahrt ornaments they bought during atrip to Germany . The angel topper is a family keepsake . Antique Russian plates passed down from Catherine ’ smother are proudly set out as special occasion dinnerware . Each has adifferent Russian bedtime fable pictured on it . Poppers at every place setting are opened up at Christmas Eve dinner to reveal jokes and small prizes . “ Most of our decorations are either Russian or German . I ’ m Russian and Slovak ,” Catherine explains . “ My husband is German .”
The Eriksons take the countdown to Christmas very seriously , and make adifferent advent calendar every year , so they have plenty of them now . Candy treats in mason jars are one-aday treats for every day in December . Paper chains and clipped on notes become holiday garland displaying notes of good intentions , wishes made , and daily prayers .
Brugge and Hayden dress up and ➤
HOLIDAY 2016 WAYNE MAGAZINE 35