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Happy holidays from us to you. Thank you for being a bright spot in the otherwise very difficult year. I promised you the pictures of the giant fake Christmas tree, and here they are.

Christmas Tree undecorated
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We hope that you’ve enjoyed hanging out with us this year. ::hug:: Now it’s time for me to make pies and drink my tea.

We will see you on Friday.

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  2. I hope you have wonderful holidays. You have made my year easier with your work so thank you so much for that. I wish that next year will be better for all of us. Cheers!

  4. Just beautiful.

    Your wit and mad internet skills (where DID you find the great flamingo massacre?) have brought a lot of enjoyment into my world. Thank you.

    Merry Christmas to you and your family.

  5. Happy Christmas to you and to all, be safe and here is to the new decade, the roaring 20s are back again. Thank you as well for the joyous gifts you give to us!

  6. Merry Christmas and wonderful New Year! Big thank you for all your work and creativity. It brought me hours of joy.

  7. Merry Xmas to you and yours. Have a happy holiday and wonderful times with family and friends. Your writing and posts have been bright spots in many a dark times together with BHD’s witty comments.

  8. Thank you for the photos, it’s a beautiful tree.
    I’m so glad you’re taking a few days off. Enjoy every minute.

    Hugs to all of you.

  13. Merry Christmas and a happy new decade.
    I’d love to see the tree with lights off. The last photo suggests lots of decorations as well as the lights.
    Thank you for your books and stories. But also a big thank you for your blog. It has been a tough year for many of us and I have really appreciated the moments of joy, distraction that your blog has been for me.

  14. Merry Christmas!! I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas, and New Year’s, enjoying being with the ones that you love!

  15. Wishing you and your loved ones a happy, peaceful, and safe holiday season, and a new year of much, much improved health, great joy, and even more success.

  17. Happy baking! Have a terrific time with your family. Your writings often make my day thank you very much! As a BTW, my husband is now a great fan of your audiobooks. You had him at ‘Here kitty kitty’. ????

  18. A very merry Christmas from me & my family (in Bristol, UK) to you & yours. 2019 has been a rough year for our family too so I wish everyone a happy, health & much less stressful 2020. Xxx

  19. Happiest of holidays to you and your family! Thank you for the many gifts you give us throughout the year; your writing, your wit, your patient, or otherwise, (LOL) explanations. We love it all! Here’s to a new year with less stress!

  20. Thank you, and a Merry Christmas to you and yours. May the New Year be filled with blessings for you and yours.

  24. Merry Christmas/Joyeux Noël to my favourite authors. Have a lovely Christmas and New Years celebrating with family and friends.

  26. Happy holidays and a joyous Yule to you and yours. Boops on the snoots for the fur friends. Thanks for the extras you provide for us all. May your stockings always have chocolate oranges in them.

  29. As I finish dark chocolate cake, fudge and sourdough rolls, a most Merry Christmas to you and yours! It has been a fun year with you.

  30. thank you. I hope you can find some peace and rest during this Holiday Season.
    Glad I logged on to see this Gigantic Tree!

  32. It’s beautiful!! Merry Christmas to you and the whole family. Enjoy the day and thank you for all the amazing stories!

  36. You tree looks fantastic. Thank you for sharing with us. For me you and family are a highlight in my day. I enjoy the peek into the window of your lives. Merry Christmas to all.

  37. Beautiful tree. Love your ornaments
    Have a blessed Christmas and a happy and healthy 2020.
    Thank you for the gift of your writing which helped getting through 2019.

  38. I’m loading the operating system on the “new” computers for the boys, then I have to make the pork pie (Christmas Eve Tradition) and then set up the sewing machine to get some pajama pants made (also a tradition).
    It’ll all be fine, if Windows ever stops misbehaving. (HA!)( If not, no pajama pants until next week sometime.)
    Your tree is beautiful, have a good holiday season. And thanks for the gift of the novella!!
    (Hey! Windows decided to behave!!)

  39. As I finish the chocolate cake, fudge and sourdough rolls, wishing you and yours a most Merry Christmas! It has been a fun year with you.

  41. Have a wonderful Christmas with your family, relax and enjoy the festivities. Thank you for another year of your amazing stories xxx

  42. Damn that’s a good tree.

    I pray you are able to not be anxious (a struggle for me, for sure), and fully in the moment with your loved ones and celebrations.

    We are thankful for the bright spots you bring to us as well. <3 Happy Christmas.

  44. Thank you for sharing your tree! It’s beautiful!
    Your posts(both innkeeper and non) have been a bright spot and welcome distraction from some bad life stuff for me.

  46. Merry Christmas to the Andrews family! Thank you for making my year better with all your work…it was a light in the darkness. Praying this next year is better for all of us!

  47. Wow! It’s a magical tree. I hope your Christmas is filled with wonderful moments. You guys are some of the best people on the planet! Wishing all good things for you in 2020.

  48. Sad note… Just saw that Johanna Lindsey died at age 67. She was one of my favorite authors. Still have some of her books that I bought 20+ years ago.

  49. Hope you have a fantastic Christmas with your family.
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    Your true looks magnificent.
    Happy Christmas and best wishes for 2020

  50. Thanks for the books, snippets and your stories. Have a wonderful Christmas time and a great year 2020.

  51. Happy Christmas to House Andrews from another fan in the UK. I hope that 2020 is a less stressful year.
    I really appreciate the new Innkeeper novella. Enjoy your break and especially your food and drink……

  52. Merry Christmas and wishes for a much improved New Year. Thank you for being so generous with your time and amazing talents. I hope that all of House Andrews enjoys the holidays to the utmost.

  54. Merry Christmas. Your tree looks amazing. I have had a fake tree for years. Need to get a bigger one now. You are giving me tree Envy. Happy new year.

  57. A very Merry Christmas to you and your family. And thank you for all the joy — and fabulous humor!! — you have brought us last year and years past!!

  58. Thank YOU guys for often being the bright spark in a very up and down year for me too.

    I hope you all have a fabulous Christmas and hopefully a less stressful 2020!!

  62. Thank you for all the wonderful writing you share with us! Happiest of holidays to you and your family!

  64. Lovely tree. I hope you and your family have a great Christmas. Enjoy the time together. I’m reading Small Magics – Curran’s POV. I was up later than I wanted to last night laughing. I’m reading the part when Curran and Mahone fought each other, and Martha came in scolding both of them like they were two misbehaving kids.

    I hope next year will be a lot better than this one. If stuff happens, the BDH has your back. 🙂

    BTW, I had my version of the galactic burger, fries, and Coke for lunch. It was a McDonald’s Quarter Pounder with Cheese and fries. My drink was unsweetened tea. Hmmm….I wonder where I got that idea from?????? 😀

    Made homemade rolls this morning. In a little while, I’m going to warm up a spiral ham and make my own glaze with brown sugar and orange blossom honey.

  66. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Thank you for a year with great adventures and epic battles! Here is to 2020 and more adventures and battles. Hope you and your family have a blessed holiday season.

  70. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Thank you for all your hard work and all the tid bits and snippets of story you give us.
    Enjoy your tea and pie making , I have finally finished my week long marathon of cookie making last night with my first being cheese cake cookies and my last being frosted sugar cookies. May all your days be merry and bright.

  71. Frohe Weihnachten aus Deutschland und einen Guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr
    Merry Christmas from Germany and a Happy New Year.

  72. Beautiful, beautiful tree! Merry Christmas, and thank you for all you give us, every day. Here’s to 2020!!

  74. Great tree! I’ve not put one up in years but I’m reconsidering….. enjoy your holidays, family and friends! Thank you for the bright spots all year long. It’s been so nice hanging out here.

  75. Merry Christmas to you and your family, thank you so much for everything
    _hug_
    Sending love to you and yours
    See you on Friday

  76. Merry Christmas to you and yours. Thank you so much for everything you do and have done for us your loyal fans. You make our days brighter and happier. I love escaping into your worlds it makes life so much better. Thank you and have a great 2020.

  77. Merry Christmas House Andrews. The tree is lovely. Thank you for all the joy you have given me with your stories. I hope you enjoy the holidays with your family and wish you and yours all the best for the coming year.

  78. Lovely tree! Hope your Christmas and New Year to come are full of peace and joy! Thanks for all your hard work; it’s very much enjoyed!! Looking forward to continuing to read about all these characters we’ve all grown to love.

  79. My year was brightened by your work. Hours of enjoyment with nothing to do but lose myself in another world. That’s a priceless gift. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to the Andrews clan, may it be a gentler one that bestows peace of mind, health and happiness to all.

  81. Merry Christmas to you and your family, thanks for all past, present and future great stories to come.

  84. Thank you to you and Gordon for such wonderful escapes! I particularly like the snippets of your dads visits….and the kids calamities.

  86. your books are a bright spot for me in every year 😀 no matter how good or bad I love to escape for a few hours into a world that you’ve created, thank you for that

    I hope you have a wonderful christmas and I hope next year improves for you

  87. Merry Christmas to you and your family! Thank you for all you’ve given us this year. I hope this next year a better one for you. (Your tree is truly beautiful!) ????????????????????????

  88. Merry Christmas to the BDH and to House Andrew and Brandi and all the animals!
    Thank you for the tree pictures and for the Innkeeper chapters.
    I hope very much that the next year will be filled with wonder, delight, and very good health for all. And I especially pray for Kids 1and 2 to be safe, no more headaches, and enriched with empowering knowledge.
    Ilona and Gordon, thank you so much for sharing your lives and creativity with us. You have made this past year very much brighter for me. Thank you!
    Hugs!

  89. You did good Kid! Happy Christmas to you and yours.
    Thank you for all the ways you changed my life for the better by reading your wonderful stories.

  92. Merry Christmas House Andrews!! May 2020 be a HUGE improvement for everyone. Thank you so much for the joy you bring to us in the form of incredible stories!

  94. Merry Christmas! Your books are always a bright spot for me. I wish you and your family all the best wishes , health and blessings in the New Year.
    Thank you for sharing yourvbooksxand snippets from.your life.

  95. Merry Christmas. So many times I have enjoyed your stories and sympathized with those trials and tribulations. Wishing you and yours all the best.

  96. Wesołych Świąt Bożego Narodzenia i szczęśliwego, pełnego zdrowia Nowego Roku! Merry Christmas and a happy (healthy!) New Year from Poland.

  98. Meri Kirihimete from Aotearoa, New Zealand where it’s Christmas morning ????
    Wishing you and your family a very merry Christmas.
    Thank you for all you’ve shared throughout the year, you’ve made me cry and laugh and, more importantly, you’ve made me stop and think about things.
    Kia kaha, Kia ora

  99. The tree is gorgeous! Merry Christmas to you and yours, and best wishes for a better and better new year in 2020! And thank you for all that you do for us!

  102. Merry Merry and thank you both for your writing, your thoughts and your generosity to us. I hope 2020 is a much better year for you ????

  103. Merry Christmas from West Australia!! The amazing stories that you write are my bright spot!! Thank you so much!! Innkeeper is my fave!! Lots of hugs!!

  105. Merry Christmas! Wonderful tree – its ginormous! Thank you for the great storytelling and the sharing of family/life tidbits. Hope you and yours have a great time with family and friends and feasting!

  106. Awesome tree ???? Can I please book you for next year to fluff mine as I am abysmal at it and you did a beautiful job. ???? Merry Christmas ????????

  107. Merry Christmas to you all! 😀
    We are also enjoying our (admittedly diddly 120cm) fake tree, and as it’s Christmas day here- I have the cooking going in full swing. Baked cobb loaf stuffed with ooey gooey brie and cranberry sauce and mini meat pies to nibble on for starters. Bourbon honey glazed ham, a bunch of salads (thanks to the toasty weather) for the main, followed up with good ol’ Aussie Pavlova and Pumpkin pie for the kiddo missing the USA. And bubbles- can’t forget the champers!
    After that it’s going to have to be a coma on the sofa with the dogs as I’ll be incapable of moving 😀
    May this holiday season, and the new year, bring you all the love, joy and happiness that you so freely gift to us xoxox

  108. Happy holidays, enjoy your time with your family. May your holiday be a joyful and blessed with glad tidings.

  114. Such a beautiful tree. Thanks for sharing it with us. (Especially those of us who have let the holidays sneak up on us because nobody else in the family would be here until tomorrow evening. Ooops!)
    Thank you also for the fabulous stories we have been privileged to read this year and the ones before. Your books are some of the best things I have ever spent money on. Please keep giving me a reason to spend more on books.
    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you. (Hugs to the fur babies, please.)

  120. Happy Christmas Eve, and Merry Christmas! Thank you for all your stories, and may your holidays be lovely and bright!

  122. Thank you for sharing your tree, your best wishes, your thoughts, and your talent this year. I hope there’s someone giving you those bright and happy snippet moments like you’ve given us.
    I still laugh when I remember reading the snippet of Helen’s ripper cushions how many months ago….
    All the Best to you and yours – and the fandom – this holiday season, and for the New Year. ????????????????

  123. The tree is beautiful. Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas and happy holidays.
    May Santa be good to you all and hope you made on his nice list.
    And Thank you for all the creativity you share with us.

  124. Merry Christmas from here in the UK have a lovely day ours is 2 hrs after midnight into it my wife is just finishing wrapping the grandkids presents which is early for us lol, so nearly time for bed , night night,????????

  133. Merry Christmas!!! I hope things are well with you and your family! I also wish you the best in the new year!

  135. Merry Christmas! Your stories open up new worlds, it’s like visiting Baha-Char with every book. Thank you!

  137. Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and may the next year be better than the last. Thank you for making a very unpleasant year better – re-reading and re-reading your books, where ultimately the good people win, gives hope.

  139. Merry Christmas to you and your family. The tree is beautiful. May you have a day full of peace and love.

  140. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours!!! You guys have been a bright spot in my year as well. Have a wonderful holiday season…. Hugs!

  141. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Thank you for the wonderful stories and entertainment. You guys are the best!

  143. Thank you for being a bright spot in my year! Wishing everyone at House Andrews a very Merry Christmas and Happy Everything!

  145. Thank you for sharing. I think it turned out beautifully.
    Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of you.

  146. Merry Christmas and thank you for the Innkeeper presents! Happy Holidays and a peaceful New Year to all!

  147. We decided last minute to do a Christmas tree. Went to the back garden and rummaged around and found last year’s wet (& dried out) tree. We rubbed off the old needles & discovered the bark was soaked & peeling off to leave a beautiful smooth wood. Trimmed off the twiggy bits & a few branches to thin out & brought it in & decorated it! Done & looks lovely! 😀

  149. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Thanks to everyone who contributes to this blog. I feel blessed to be a part of this blog.
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  150. The tree looks gorgeous. Thanks for sharing! Hope you’ve had a wonderful day and not too stressful. My son asked for “mum’s scalloped potatoes” for the family gathering. Hoping her recipe works out tonight as it’s the first time I made it. What dish your do your kids request?

    • Christmas and new Innkeeper Book! Ilona Andrews, you have made my Christmas perfect! If you ever need the services of a retired Literature teacher and poet, just ask! Seriously!

  152. Yule Blessings from Georgia. Thank you for sharing your amazung stories with us and includunf us in your lives. Hope 2020 brings all good things to y’all and your family. All is well, all is well and all manner of things are well.

  153. Merry Christmas! Thanks for sharing your wonderful tree with us and the gift you give of all the wonderful stories and snippets! May you and yours have a blessed New Years!

  154. May your holidays be merry and bright, and the tree is gorgeous!
    Thank you so much for your amazing stories.
    Looking forward to the coming year!

  156. Merry Christmas to you all. 2019 has been a rubbish year lets hope 2020 is a better one all round. ???? xx

  157. Grab the bright spots and try to make them grow. Hope the dark spots wither into oblivion in the forgotten past.

  159. What a beautiful tree!!
    Merry Christmas to you and the family, wishing you a fulfilling and healthy 2020!
    xo

  160. Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays- thank you for blessing us with your writing gifts! Best Wishes to you & all your family! Hoping 2020 is an easier year!

  162. Happy Holidays, dear House Andrews, and a happy New Year 2020 to you and your family!
    Thank you for enhancing our lives with your wonderful stories!

  163. Thanks for sharing your gift of story telling. Belated Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year! All the best in 2019. Take care and stay warm/safe.

  164. 2019 has indeed been a very challenging year for many of us! May 2020 be a year of bright blessings and prosperity and may we all be gifted with that which we need most to make our lives better! Yuletide Blessings to one and all!

  165. Love the Innkeeper books even more than Kate Daniels. So from one pie maker to another, what did you make? I did pumpkin, pecan (with praline liquor) and “crack” pie. The crack pie was pretty good and very different.
    In any case Merry Christmas!

  168. Thanks for the joy you bring us with your writing and your witty blog! I know it must be tough with all the deadlines (self-imposed and otherwise) but we really appreciate it.

    Merry Christmas!

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