Well, we got a real tree this year! It's been sitting bare for a few days, so we finally got around to decorating tonight. I've been playing around with the other decorations, too, I'll have to post a few more pics.
D says hi! and declared the new tree lights we bought are 'trippy'.
Chris says hi! too. We all miss you guys and send our love!
XOXO
Well, this might be the earliest we've ever decorated, which is nice. We don't have a tree yet, mostly because we haven't decided whether or not to get a proper fake tree for our much larger living room (the 5' just isn't going to cut it any more) or to get a real tree.
Last year we used the 5', but we ended up propping it on a bucket so at least from the outside it 'fit' the window. From the inside, of course, it looked a bit strange, in a hilarious kind of way.
I grew up with real trees, and Chris has expressed a real interest in having one, so I think that's in our future. I'll keep you posted!
So I've had this little tree for years, and I usually put it in D's room. I made a little garland out of ribbon and found some boring, plastic fake lights. Last year I found a little baby light strand that is battery powered, and much to my delight 10 minutes ago, I discovered that they're perfect. Now it has real, light-up lights!
Imagine my excitement when D walked by and actually said, 'hey, that's pretty cool.' High praise, by far.
So he'll have a proper tree of his own this year.
(In the background is a picture of him eating on the streets of New York City. He proudly bought a hot dog from a street vendor one morning, and I captured the moment. My sister, our hostess in the Big Apple, bought him the frame the following Christmas.)
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