Saturday/Sunday: For some reason this year, I was less than enthused about trudging out to the shed, digging through the boxes, and finding everything I needed to put up my Christmas tree. We are experiencing extreme COLD, so being outside in it is very unpleasant (at least to me). We also have quite a bit of snow--perhaps 8" or so out here in my neck of the woods. It's very pretty to look at! I have always loved the beauty of the winter months--well, as long as there is fresh snow. Once the snow melts, everything is just so GRAY or BROWN or BLACK that it just doesn't appeal to my artistic sensibilities at all!
It took me two days--well, actually THREE, to finish putting up the tree. I assembled it on Saturday and strung the lights. Sunday, I started decorating it--but didn't finish up until Monday. Here are a few pictures:
I've never been one that favored colored lights--I'm not sure why exactly, but I just prefer the white ones. They just feel so much more peaceful to me. I have two strands on the tree--one strand has a bigger bulb (about 150 of them), and the other strand has 350 lights that you can program to do a variety of different things. I prefer the setting that has them slowly blinking.
I have an angel tree topper, and got it out to look at it; but I remembered that I never really liked it in years past! It's just too big and wobbly. It leans weirdly, and no matter what I do, I have to constantly keep fussing with it for the weeks that the tree is up. It has lights, too, but I always felt the lights clashed with the rest of the tree. SO ... I went to Menard's and Meijer's looking for a smaller replacement, but I didn't find anything that I liked (that I was willing to pay for).
I finally decided to just use an ornament for my topper. She is a pretty little angel--she doesn't show up very well on the tree, but I like her far better than the other huge angel--so I am happy to have her!
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