Here is our Christmas tree story.
When we were looking at houses, we came to this house (the house we eventually bought) with our realtor. The front room has vaulted ceilings, and one of the first things she said was, "You could have the mother of all Christmas trees in here!" I really liked the house already, but that about sealed the deal. So our master plan was to wait until after Christmas and then buy a 9' or a 12' Christmas tree on super-clearance. But then....
Last May we were at a community yard sale (man, how I love those!) and walked by this guy setting up a Christmas tree in order to sell it. It looked pretty big...yes indeed, it was a 12' Christmas tree! Going for only $30! Too good to pass by. So we bought it and loaded up our 12' Christmas tree in our little Saturn. That car is like Mary Poppins' magic carpet bag - you wouldn't believe all the stuff we have hauled in that little car.
I didn't think about this until later, but it is not a pre-lit Christmas tree. And it came in a cardboard box, so we have had a hard time finding an appropriate container to store it in. But minor hitches for such a great deal and an enormous Christmas tree.
Sunday night we thought we would quickly put together our Christmas tree just to see how it would fit in this room. Well, we are not as smart as we look and it took us 2 days to put the thing together. Without the lights. So after so much effort, we decided it wasn't worth taking it back down again only to put it up next week on Thanksgiving. So even though it is quite early (even for me), we are getting ready for Christmas. So here is a picture of our 12' Christmas tree as it is now, without the branches fixed up and without any lights. This will be fun, we will do a Christmas tree transformation series of shots.
We put up put up our Christmas tree this week too. My excuse is that we are going to be gone much of December, so we need time to enjoy it before then. The whole time I was putting it up, Paul kept saying, "I yuv it! I luv it!" in a breathless sort of voice. So far he is quite impressed with the whole idea of this Christmas thing.
ReplyDeleteAh, the wisdom of youth. I always thought it was a bit penurious to throw a tree up for three-four weeks and then pull it down again. Think I'll go get mine out and see how far I get before Thanksgiving. Although I have been know to procrastinate taking the tree down until rather late in the new year.
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