Chatsworth by candlelight

Today Mum and I went to Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, although we have visited many times before, during December the house is decorated for Christmas and lit by candle light, so we thought it was worth another visit. Above is a picture of some of the decorations on one of the many Christmas trees inside Chatsworth.

We also went for a walk in the grounds although it was very cold, not getting above 4C I took some photos of the holly, below which was very festive.
Inside the house the decorations were based around fairy tales by Hans Christian Anderson one of the trees was decorated by the Duke and Duchess' grand children, they chose the little mermaid as their theme. The tree was decorated in seashells and creatures which made a very unusual Christmas scene. Below is one of the seashells nestling in the branches of the tree.
Here is another unusual image, lovely Greek statue next to the purple themes decorated Christmas tree. The hundreds of older ladies visiting Chatsworth today spent a lot of time viewing this scene, i am sure it was the tree they were interested in! I haven't seen Chatsworth so busy or the visitors so uniform. Almost all seemed to be over 55, with white hair and wearing a red or pink coat.
Chatsworth's grounds were full of sheep as ever, many wandering across the road as we tried to leave the grounds. This sheep however was just bleating at visitors arriving in their cars.
I am certainly feeling a lot more festive now, I can't wait to get my decorations up!