So this year, we have been having trouble getting into the Christmas spirit...and no, it's not because there is no snow on the ground! In fact that makes us quite happy :-P The Christmas music that we had wasn't doing the trick, and we just weren't feeling very jolly about it all. So, on Sunday I decided on a remedy for this scrooging we had going on. We went out and bought our very first real Christmas tree together.
We brought our tree home and trimmed the bottom branches and trunk off and popped it in the tree stand. Ta-Da! Instant Christmas spirit. The trimmed off branches were turned into a "swag" by Lady, which was placed on the chimney mantle. While Lady made the swag, I took the opportunity to finally give our car something she'd wanted for a long time...a cleaning.
After the cleaning, we headed inside to get our Christmas groove on. We had also finally found a radio station playing Christmas tunes all the time. So, we got to work decorating the tree, the house, and the yard.
When we had the decorating done, we were sufficiently imbued with holiday cheer to get cracking on the gift making.
(Toto giving his head bobbing, taste-testing approval of the new tree)
(Everyone wanted to pitch in to make the tree feel at home)
(The all important moment of hanging the angel on top of the tree!)
(The full new setup)
(The decorated tree and newly tuned & lighted piano)
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