Hang 'em High, Or: Get Those Ornaments On Those Trees!

Let the decorating begin.
Or, rather, let the decorating finish!

After all, it is about time.

Yes those are my giant hands holding the camera, reflected in the red ornament.  I've never looked better.

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So on Saturday --
We went out looking for a Christmas Tree.
We went to see what we could see.
The first tree we saw was much too small.
The next tree we saw was much too tall.
The next tree . . . 

 Oops!

I've wandered into Alida's Kindergarten Christmas play.

Why do these things stick in your mind?

And pop out at Christmas?

Anyway, I am not sure what lured us to Home Depot, but we bought the first tree we saw there. 

You do get a little nervous when everyone who passes you at the checkout line laughs and says,

"Whoa!  That's a really big tree you've got there!"

So, presenting our 2010 fresh tree --

its metamorphosis from being a hog-tied hostage at HD,

to being freed of its bonds in our sunroom,

to being laden with 1500 lights by my light-crazy husband..

It's not decorated yet, except for a few things (see first collage).

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As for the tree in the Parlor,

we found a smaller one at Lowe's

(this must be the holiday of the Big Box Stores for us).

 This was last year's tree, which we decided was just too wide for the room.

We sold it on Craigslist for $10.  The lady who bought it was thrilled, so that made me happy.

But we needed a new tree, and oddly enough, the first one we looked at, which was at Lowe's, we bought.

Hmmm. . . it looks a little sad in this picture, but trust me; it's really nice in person.

I am not a big fan of manmade trees, but I love that I can leave the lights on and not fret about burning

the house down, and I love that a fake tree holds those big heavy ornaments that make real boughs droop.

I think this looks pretty nice for fake -- and it's a lovely soft realistic green color.

Would you believe we are having our Christmas party on Saturday the 18th, and our first house guests arrive on Thursday?
Our daughter Alida comes home on Wednesday night from California, but she doesn't count as a guest.
We put her to work!
Daughter Anne will pop in and out until the 22nd, when she's lands home for a little break.

We better get going emptying all the ornaments in those boxes.  That was on my weekend "to do" list.  Anyone want to guess how much of that "to do" list got done?  If you guess, "precious little, " then you are right.

But sometimes it's just nice to spend time with your husband, not doing what is on the "to do" list!
That's important, too.

Now, as my niece Alice used to say, "Mermy Grimace!"  -- Cass

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