Yep, this is our sad little Charlie Brown Christmas Tree, but I LOVE it!!! Since we are leaving in just two and a half short weeks to head down to Mobile for the holidays, we decided to put up a small tree. I got a SUPER great deal on a set of two 4 foot PRE-lit trees (I got them 50% off and paid just $15.00 total- they came with the base and everything) and decided that this would have to do for this year. I usually have our tree up the night of Thanksgiving, but since we weren't putting up our regular tree I had to go out on Black Friday to get this small one. Putting up the Christmas tree is one of my favorite Christmas traditions! The reason I love it so is because of the ornaments....my mom and dad have ALWAYS collected ornaments from where ever they have traveled, so Jeremy and I have kept the tradition going. It is so much fun to re-live all of our adventures through our ornaments. I always save the newest ornaments for last, but this year the ONLY ornaments are the ones from this past year. Some of the adventures from this past year include: Boston, Lake Placid, Lake George, NYC (of course), New Orleans, Ross Bridge in Birmingham, the pumpkin Blaze, Mystic, CT, Plymouth (yes, as in the rock), China (no, we didn't go there, but Jeremy's sister and her husband did to bring Emily home), San Francisco (no, we didn't go there this year either, but our very favorite neighbors, Dave and Annie went for three months and brought us an ornament when they returned--see how much fun this is?...there is a story behind each and every ornament on our tree), Magic Hat in Vermont, Cape Cod, and West Point. Oh, yes, and since our normal star was way too big for this little tree, we had to buy this RED one in honor of the Tide.
Merry Christmas!
2 comments:
Your tree is precious! I think we are going to get ours this weekend. Fun times!
I forgot about the ornament Mommy bought you in China. Maybe we can all go some day. I love the little tree. Mommy has not put ours up yet, but she keeps saying I will probably get into it.I am excited that this will be my first Christmas and being with my family. Love you and miss you.
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