For the past few years we've had two Christmas trees at our house. The artificial one we purchased about 10 years ago (that's been through three different moves and is still kicking), and stands in the front room. And a REAL tree that holds all our family ornaments and stays in the family room. We set the artificial one up a couple days after Thanksgiving. It holds all the matching red and silver ornaments, so the kids could care less when that one makes an appearance. All they care about if the family tree, because they get to decorate it with the ornaments they've collected over the years.
I asked them if we could just do the artificial one this year and skip the real tree mess, but they fought me. And in the end I found myself at Costco buying a real tree. I'm sure it was quite a sight watching me put that tree up. I told the kids we couldn't decorate it until December 1st, because it was our first activity to kick off the holiday season. So early in the morning on Dec 1st, the kids begged me to get the ornaments down. And as you can see from the pictures, they did all the work, while still in their pajamas.
All set for Christmas!
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