\u201cIt\u2019s not about following decorating trends, but about the birth of Christ and sharing time with family and friends,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
\nThe tree in Margaret Donaldson\u2019s dining room is very personal. The 11-foot Fraser fir is decorated with objects recalling the times of her family\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s the balsa wood circle she received at 12 from her parents\u2019 travels; the clay angel given to her husband, Rob, at age 5 by his godmother; many ornaments belonging to her three sons; and a ceramic bone and silver bell bearing the name \u201cHalle,\u201d the family dog who passed on this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have never done a themed tree,\u201d says Donaldson of Margaret Donaldson Interiors and a member of the American Society of Interior Designers. \u201cIt\u2019s not about following decorating trends, but about the birth of Christ and sharing time with family and friends.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 1905 home in Mount Pleasant\u2019s Old Village, where her family lives, was built by her husband\u2019s great-grandfather, Sidney Townley Donaldson.<\/p>\n
At Christmas, clay angels that her sons made in early elementary school, 10 to 20 years ago, line the dining room mantel.<\/p>\n
Hanging from the mantel are three stockings. One belonging to her eldest son, Rob, was knitted by his great-aunt and is identical to one she knitted for his father.<\/p>\n
One belonging to her second son, Thomas, is canvas needlepoint that Donaldson made based on the design of her felt childhood stocking.<\/p>\n
The third son, Jenks, used a store-bought stocking until he was 8. Donaldson, overcome by guilt over his not having a special stocking, let him choose his own needlepoint design and made it. Jenks\u2019 stocking is special because he recalls seeing her make it, she says.<\/p>\n
Also in the dining room, there is boxwood in silver julep cups and ornaments are paired with other silver pieces on the table. The sideboard holds oil-burning candles once sold in Details Details, a Calhoun Street shop she once co-owned that since has closed.<\/p>\n
In the living room, the fireplace is the main focus, where hanging above is a 3\u00bd-foot-diameter wreath with a big red metallic bow. The wreath features holly berries, cones and pecans.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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