Decorating the Christmas Tree

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The holiday season is upon us – even though the stores would like it to start in September, for us it is December.  Stella was in a holiday concert last Friday night – the kids were great!  Stella is in an after school program that incorporates choir practice into each day – she already does a theater class – so this was just perfect – she is always singing and making up new songs!  On Friday I was also able to get some Christmas presents in the mail, beating the rush and also able to send ground – love it!

Saturday we went and picked out our Christmas tree – I do miss the cutting down of our own tree.  When we were living in Colorado – we could go out onto our property and cut a tree down, then we knew it was fresh – I might have to find a place to do that next year.  We brought the tree home – I took it off the top of the car, carried to the yard, cut the trunk, put it in the stand and then asked the neighbor to help me carry it inside the house.  The tree sat for about a day before we started decorating it – even though Stella kept asking when are you getting to get down the ornaments, when are we going to decorate.  This coming from miss busy – I asked her to spend the weekend with me – so that we could decorate and work on craft projects – she said yes, but that only lasted for about 3 hours Saturday morning and then she was gone – but Sunday she did spend with me.

Sunday morning, up to the attic I went, pulling out the box of ornaments, the stockings and decorations.  Bringing everything downstairs for the decorating to begin.  Stella picked out and put on the Christmas music – first CD we had to listen to was an assortment of songs and singers, but there were the Chipmunks singing – thank goodness it was not more than one song!

Listening to Christmas music, singing along and then smell of pine in the air – the decorating began! This year Stella was able to help with the stringing of the lights – fabulous.  Then it was the hanging of the ornaments.  Unwrapping each ornament brings back memories, of trips taken, who gave, what they were for or from – there are even some on the tree that were from my grandmother and then some that my mother painted – Stella loved that when I told her who painted them.  Stella looking at her ornaments and the one’s that were dated, asking me how old was I – after the first time that question was asked I told her she knew how to subtract and she could figure it out – so then I heard I was only 1 when I got this one, I was three when I made this one, etc.  The tree was decorated, we stood back and admired.  We took a walk in town and then the rest of the afternoon was spent doing craft and cooking.

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