Ms. Shuttergirl
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- Apr 20, 2009
Hi!
My family and I spent the whole of december in the states in 2010. I too am a huge Christmas lover decorating the inside of our house complete with a Disney decorated home made fire place, a snowman grotto and a Disney tree!
I told my DH just because we were thousands of miles from home didn't mean I wasn't going to put up a Christmas tree! So I took myself off to KMart and returned with a tree, lights and some decorations to hang on the tree and to place around our room. I also bought wrapping paper etc and had some gifts that I had purchased while we were there, wrapped them and popped them under the tree! My Mum had even sent us a card and we got in delivered to our room on Christmas day which was a nice surprise!
Here is the link to a picture! ( Post 199 )
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2661251&page=14
The lights were some of the brightest I have ever seen so I did bring them back home with us! We actually had them draped around the curtain rod in the hotel and they looked great in the window! The tree on the other hand, I donated to the Ho Jo who thought it was just great!
As for gifts for a 14 year old, I am not too sure if your DD is a jewellery lover, but something of that nature is very light and easy to hide and there are so many gorgeous bits and pieces out these days. Maybe a necklace or a Pandora bracelet that she could collect charms for as they have plenty to choose from. I am sure there would even be NY charms and there are also Disney charms but Chamila brand have the licence for them but they do fit Pandora as I have a Minnie one on my bracelet.
Sounds like the DS is easy to please and I am sure a letter from Santa will be a real treat for him! Special for you too
You could also do a mail order shop and have your parcels waiting for you when you arrive. That way you won't have to hide anything in the room or bring it all the way from Australia! Plus, you could probably have some of it gift wrapped!!!
Any which way you look at it though, you will be with your family in New York City.................what could be more Christmassy than that!!!
Minnie Sue Oz - thank you so much for sharing that picture of your Christmas tree. It looks great and I couldn't believe all of the presents under the tree, especially the size of some of those puppies, wow. I have no idea how you got it all home .
I was thinking jewellery for my daughter, just a few things but she isn't big on wearing it so I wouldn't go overboard. She would likely be happy with gift cards so she can shop up a storm. I thought maybe some sports wear, like Nike Addidas etc. She's a dancer and they like nice stuff like that. There is a massive dance store in NYC that I could perhaps get her some things at as well. But mostly I'd say she'd be wanting clothes. She also loves stationery so I should be good there.
Lights - I was thinking about something along these lines too so it's good to hear you did it and it looked great. I thought of draping them over the curtain rail as well so now I feel even better about that idea. Thank you.
Shuttergirl...
Picture my friend sent me...apparently $25. About 2 1/2 ft tall. She asked what size were you looking for. Is this what you're kinda looking for? If so, then she can probably suggest somewhere.
She also mentioned the Dollar Stores.
That tree is adorable. So kind of your friend and yourself to help me with this. I'd love to hear where she thinks I could find something like this. I will definitely have decorations to put on a tree as I will be shopping up a storm in WDW. I'd also love to know where the Dollar stores are near Times Square if you friend wouldn't mind sharing.
Thanks again PIO for your amazing help.