Saturday, December 8, 2012

Annual Christmas Tree decorating!

We have a tradition in our very small, but soon to be bigger family. Every year, we decorate our Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving while watching the movie Elf on loop, and drinking egg nog. This year, there was no egg nog, but I'll just drink 2x as much next year!

Christmas Tree 2012

This is the stupid tree holder that someone stupid person engineered. It is impossible to put together. It's the only frustrating part of the process.

Christmas Tree 2012

All of the parts of the tree fit in a giant, rubbermaid bin. The individual bags indicate which level of the tree those branches go in. Go ahead and make an organizational joke. If I could Dewey Decimal them, I would.

Christmas Tree 2012

Here it all goes in.

Christmas Tree 2012

Every year, we swear that this is the last year for the fake tree. Every year, we put it away again and say that next year is going to be the last year.

Christmas Tree 2012

I think it looks pretty real.

Christmas Tree 2012

Then the lights go on.

Christmas Tree 2012

Feelin' pretty proud. And we're not even done.

Christmas Tree 2012

Christmas Tree 2012

I bought this Santa in Oklahoma City in October at the craft fair. He was so amazingly racist, politically incorrect and offensive that I had to bring him home.

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Someday, our tree will be complete with a real angel on top. For now, we have a little stuffed bear in an angel costume. When Ryan's parents were celebrating their first Christmas together, they put their tree up and realized that they did not have an angel. Ryan's dad, God rest his soul, drove to Walgreens to buy one. He came home with it, took it out of the box, and plugged her in. Yes, she had a jack that connected to the tree lights. I wish I'd been there to see the look on their faces. This angel has a set of humungous knockers THAT LIGHT UP. They have used her every year since anyway, I cannot wait to inherit her!

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