I find it amusing that each year we never really set out to decorate our tree. There's never one of those "Hallmark" moments where we bake some cookies, heat some warm cider, and have our favorite Christmas tunes playing on the stereo. Snow's usually not falling and we're definitely not dressed up in our appliquéd sweatshirts depicting all sorts of holiday cheer. This year was no exception as I had the tree put up several days ago. I decided to go ahead and put the strings of lights on so that at least there would be a partially decorated tree to be proud of. As it usually happens, our daughter came in wanting to put "her" ornaments on before I even had all the lights strung. When they were all put up, I told her that we could go ahead and just put a few on, as I didn't really want to do it all then. Since you can't really have a partially decorated tree, the few ornaments she put on turned into a full-fledged, all-hands-on-deck tree trimming festival. We all converged on it like a hungry pack of dogs on a trash bin and got it all spruced up. I was very pleased with the glow of the blue and white lights we have on the tree as they reflect on all of the ornaments, especially with the glass ones. This picture shows one of my favorite ornaments: a simple silver word hanging up high in the tree. There are a few more hanging which completes all of the decor, but this one looks very nice and essentially defines the year we are about to have before us.
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