Christmas Notebooks

I know that Christmas Notebooks have been around a long time... I started mine in 1977 when I got married! I have always loved Christmas and I have always wanted to preserve the best of what I have done. My dear husband, Mr. CTL (Christmas Tree Lane) has always encouraged me to do so.

My notebook has evolved several times in 32 years! I started out with a red spiral notebook that lasted a few years. As you might have suspected, it began to fall apart and get dingy. I switched to a red plastic one inch three ring notebook that lasted much longer but eventually needed to be switched because it wasn't big enough!! I have another plastic notebook, with these cute pockets for displaying photos. I love it!

My notebook has several sections:

Holiday Letters

Home Tours

Parties

Recipes

Cleaning Schedule

Gifts Received and Given

Holiday Decor over the Years

*new* Crafts to Make

My notebook is about three inches thick and probably needs to be divided, as having a larger notebook would become cumbersome. My Holiday Letter section has our holiday letters we have sent out over the years and a sample of the card we sent. The Homes Tours is a section devoted to the Home Tour our house was on several years ago, Parties has the work list and grocery list for the large party we have for Mr. CTL's staff at Christmas, Recipes, yep, the recipes we use, Cleaning Schedule, developed over the years from various places, Gifts Received and Given, lists of gifts we have given and received, Holiday Decor over the Years are photographs of how we decorated, and the new section, Crafts, is because I need a place to organize all those cute things to do out there!

I always learn new things out in blogland, so let me know if you have a notebook and have posted on it. I would love to come and read it!