It's coming

For the first time ever we are putting up a Christmas tree. In previous years we've typically done nothing or decorated our fig tree or small pine - but it was lame! So we went out and bought a real Christmas tree. It was covered in snow and ice. We had to let it thaw in the laundry room. And then it still dripped for hours after we cut it open. It still smells like a forest in our place and it's already been set up for a few days.
It was a process to get it up, straight, lights on and decorated. In total it took us 3 days. I actually had to go and buy more lights because our string of 100 just wasn't cutting it. As people came over to our home for our life group we were just finishing the decorating. We'll see how long these little ornaments last. They were cheap but they're also made of straw and thread.