Day 1
This year I vowed to take advantage of our last Christmas in New York. My plan was to do a 12 days of Christmas extravaganza, each day doing a fun activity, but unfortunately due to a late start, they will extend past Christmas. I think it will actually work out better this way, Tom has all of next week off, and family outings are always more fun when they include all of us.
So last night we began celebrating Christmas. Because I really do have a limited budget we had to include all things Christmas so day number 1 begins with our night of tree trimming. I did have plans to go to a farm to cut down our tree, and I would really have liked to do it, but that would have meant us getting a tree on Saturday, and that just wasn't long enough to enjoy it. So we drove down the street to the local tree lot. It was still fun, and we still got to tie it onto our car, but my dreams of cutting it down myself will have to wait until next year.
After getting it home, we realized we really had opted for one of the smallest trees in the lot. Better suited for our small apartment I guess.
And then the decorating. Except we only have one ornament, in keeping with our sometimes overly minimal aesthetic taste, so we spent an hour hanging and re-hanging the lights. It's not that we don't want more ornaments, we tend to be kind of picky, but I do feel bad for our Sanrio reindeer, he really needs some company.
And dessert, a Smith family favorite, Mint M & M's. Christmas just doesn't come around often enough.
I now don't hate that night time comes so early. At the first signs of dusk I plug in my lights, turn on my favorite Christmas songs, and enjoy the peace, love, and spirit I feel in my home. This is going to be a great season. (Even though we are starting late).
Thursday, December 20, 2007 at 5:10AM
Reader Comments (2)
Sounds so fun! I love celebrating for 12 days!!
Ahhh! I love it. Sad that you weren't able to cut down your own tree but still fun. And ditto on the love for the mint m&m's. It is probably a good thing they only come out for the holidays because I can NOT stop eating them. How happy does Lukey look decorating the tree?