We bought this lovely tree last year off of good ol' Craigslist. It is big and somewhat lifelike. It is somewhat pre-lit. (Last year it was more pre-lit.) This year a few strands of lights have lost their shine, so a few more strands were tucked into the branches.
We don't really have a theme to our tree... or maybe the theme is "stuff we like."
Our tree started out evenly decorated... the ornaments were spaced neatly around the tree.
And then the girls rearranged the ornaments...
By Christmas day, most ornaments were hung above the reach of Ruby and June... making our tree appear a bit top-heavy.
Oh well.
The ornaments are sort of magical.
My favorite childhood ornament...
From Andy's boyhood...
I made this from a map of the Chicago CTA.
And there are plenty of our kids' ornaments and antiques and fun momentos covering our tree.
Soon it will be time to take this tree down and tuck away all the little treasures until next year.
Without the tree around, I guess the kids will have to go back to getting into mischief with other stuff.
We don't really have a theme to our tree... or maybe the theme is "stuff we like."
Our tree started out evenly decorated... the ornaments were spaced neatly around the tree.
And then the girls rearranged the ornaments...
By Christmas day, most ornaments were hung above the reach of Ruby and June... making our tree appear a bit top-heavy.
Oh well.
The ornaments are sort of magical.
My favorite childhood ornament...
From Andy's boyhood...
I made this from a map of the Chicago CTA.
And there are plenty of our kids' ornaments and antiques and fun momentos covering our tree.
Soon it will be time to take this tree down and tuck away all the little treasures until next year.
Without the tree around, I guess the kids will have to go back to getting into mischief with other stuff.
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