There is no Christmas tree here this year. Mark usually buys a beautiful tree and it is full and fragrant and festive! With me being laid off for such a long time we just can't do it this year. My dad loaned us his prelit tree that revolves and Mark put it up but the top lights didn't work (I suggested he just string another set up there, but NOOOOO!) And let's face it, it looked cheap and not at all like we are used to. I know lots of people have it worse and would be happy for even that tree so don't get me wrong. It's just not worth all the effort when it would just be a reminder of what he (we) really wants. So he just packed it back in the box and that is that. We will enjoy my sister's tree and decorations at her house on Christmas Eve and My MIL 'lil Charlie Brown tree on Christmas Day.That is another sore point for us too. Me and Mark usually have the Christmas Eve party here and we love doing it. My sister was happy to do it this year and I'm glad. I was able to get presents for both Mark and Jess and the kids in the family so all is good. I am counting my blessings every day.
I just miss having a Christmas tree.
3 comments:
I haven't been able to have a live tree in my house in over 20 years. I do remember that it smelled good - until the point that it started making me sick. Chris really misses a live tree. I do have a good artifical tree but am just no in the mood to pull everything out this year. I think we are both lazy! I am supposed to get some special ornament display trees delivered tomorrow for my beaded ornaments but they have screwed up the communications on this order since the beginning of November so I'm not hopeful!
Sorry to hear about no tree. Sometimes things seem pretty bleak but you seem to have a good attitude. We have not cut ours yet, we're fortunate in that my nephew has some land with a heap of sweet little trees that make wonderful Christmas trees. We have had some years of "Charlie Brown Trees". One year in Wyoming we had a crooked old giant sagebrush as our tree, certainly our oldest and most unique tree we've ever had. Have a good Christmas.
Thanks for coming to visit my blog too. I did see the other post, Gayles' I think, with the bird done too. It will be interesting to see the BOM progress.
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