Today I finally put up my Christmas tree. My daughter really, really wanted to put it up, so I gave in and pulled it out of my storage space, put it together and plugged it in.
Yes, it's true. I have a fake tree.
I guess as a child I always wanted a real tree, but my mom had a fake one. And now that I'm a mom, I can see why she got a fake tree.
1. You buy it once and enjoy it for years!
2. No vacuuming pine needles for months!
3. No stray chipmumks or squirrels that may have entered my house via the tree. (I don't know if that has ever happened, just another one of my irrational fears, kind of like my distrust of mayonaise.)
4. And I don't fear my house will burn down because my plastic tree bursts into flames.
It's a small tree. Kind of reminds me of Charlie Brown's tree. One of the reasons I chose it was that it was small...my apartment is small, no sense having a huge tree. And it comes with lights already on it. Just plug in my tree and go!
This year, my daughter insisted on decorating it herself. It's so sad. The tree fell over twice. One side is overloaded with ornaments, the other side is naked. The garland is choking the tree like a noose. I'll wait for her to fall asleep and then fix it.
The other thing that bothers me about the tree is that it is covered in colored lights. I hate colored lights. Maybe its because my mom had those old fashioned big, bulbous colored lites. They were almost two inches tall and looked like they had been dipped in acrylic paint. I like a very clean looking, dignified, sharp tree.
My tree looks like it should be in Vegas.
Last year I had such great little ornaments. They were little angels. But here's the thing, the angels were of all different ethnicities. I was so thrilled to see these angels that I didn't hesitate when I saw them. I remember growing up, whenever I saw a picture of an angel, they were always blond and blue eyed. I can actually remember feeling sad wondering why God wouldn't want me to be an angel if I found myself in heaven, just because I wasn't blond. When I saw these angels I was overjoyed. Well, my daughter broke a couple, gave the asian angels to a neighbor, and finally, the dog ate the rest.
I'm going to keep my eyes open! Maybe some diverse angels will redeem my Charlie Brown Christmas tree!
I went out and got a tree the other day, we had to let it drop before we could decorate it....Katie wanted to know where all of it's STUFF was (I think she thought they come decorated already) I dug out the decorations and in the matter of 15 mins. they had the tree decorated, Ben spread his out this year climbing onto chairs to reach higher spots but Miss K decded she liked one spot and put so many in that spot that the tree was swaying and leaning in that direction (if I didn't have a heavy duty stand it would have been laying down) I felt guilty spreading out her hard work but it had to be done (glad to see I'm not the only one guilty of that) I need a new topper this year, I have decided that I would like a star on top this year instead of my little country (brown haired) angel. As of now, it still needs garland and a topper but it looks nice (the needles are a huge pain in the ars but I used a fake tree for a few years and I actually missed the mess) BTW your fear of the chipmunks in the tree must stem from the christmas specials made by Disney where Mickey's tree had the chipmunks in it..LOL I have NEVER heard of that actually happening to someone...LOL but one never really knows now do they??
ReplyDeleteI will look around for some diverse angels and let you know if I find them...but your dog sounds like it could be in trouble...I'm sure you get into some trouble for eating angels!!!
I went fake for three years. This year I'm back to REAL BABY! I LOVE the smell...it just smells like Christmas now :) And I have colored lights....BIG colored lights ;) and the girls decorated it...and I DIDN"T have to fix it :))) (sniffsniff...they're getting so big) OH and speaking of big...yep...a big fat Christmas tree!!! LOVING IT!!! Cayleigh asked to play with the fake one, so I put it up in their bedroom. Yep...they have a fake Christmas tree in their bedroom. They're using it as a nightlight :)
ReplyDeleteI LOVE CHRISTMAS!!!
You know the coolest thing thought? They run and fight over who lights the advent candles... :) (sniff sniff)