Around this time last year, we were driving across the country with all our stuff in a trailer behind our car. We were driving to the maritimes, but beyond that we weren’t sure where we’d end up. As we traveled, we spent Christmas eve sleeping in our car, with our Christmas decorations packed away in a box at the back of the trailer.
Because we didn’t have a Christmas tree last year, it was crucial to me to get a tree up this year.
Yesterday, we trudged out to the back of our property and picked our tree.
Once we lugged the tree home, we got to work setting up the tree.
For some strange reason we’ve never had our own Christmas tree stand. So once again we were perplexed about how to get the thing to stand up. After much fussing about, the tree was standing on its own.
It was exciting to be able to crack open my box of Christmas decorations, which we hadn’t used in a long time.
The tree is humble and a little spindly. But that’s the way I like them.
It took us until a few days before Christmas to get into the Christmas spirit.
But the decorations are up now, and that’s what’s important. There’s nothing wrong with being a procrastinator if you get the thing done in the end, right? Right!
You are right on time, putting up your tree, by my schedule. One of our traditions is to celebrate the 12 days of Christmas – Dec. 26 – Jan. 6 (Epiphany – when supposedly, the wise men arrived). One year we actually gifted each of the 12 days with small gifts. Merry Christmas!
Merry, merry!
Our first Christmas together was in a logging camp outside Williams Lake BC……
Our first Christmas tree, in the cabin, had candles on it (lit for very short periods of time) bakers clay ornaments and paper snowflakes….
This year our tree still has paper snowflakes and some of the original bakers clay ornaments and, along with the bunch we acquired through the years, there’s a bunch I grew up with that I gained ownership of earlier this year when my mom moved from NB to Alberta and downsized everything, including her ornament collection (divied up between my 2 siblings & I).
We’ve always put the tree in the bay window in the parlour here (after all, isn’t that what the bay window & the parlour are for?!) but I find I just don’t get to enjoy it enough in there so this year I put it where I can’t help but see & enjoy it: in the kitchen. It’s sort of in the way but it’s only for a short while….. Tree trimming is usually a Christmas Eve tradition but this year we actually started Christmas Eve Eve and we’ll finish it up today.
And this year, for the first time, there are 3 little (6 week old) “Solstice kittens” here playing underneath it! What fun!
Great tree! Where is the snow? lol See you haven’t opened your package yet!! Good work. I am hoping to head to Nanaimo Xmas Day but will try to call you first.
Merry Christmas Whimfield!
We have a very similar tree that Riley and Bailey picked out in our woods. Small, but might, just the way we like it!
Merry Christmas!
Nice accessorizing with the pup!
One very energetic but blind Australian Cattle Dog and a 7 month old kitten means no Christmas tree for us. We have another dog who’s perfect in every way so he doesn’t factor into why we don’t have a tree… I mention him cause I just didn’t want to exclude him.
I do have my bannister decked out with faux greenery, shiny mini ornaments and lights; cheesy cheap Christmas candelabras in the windows; and outside we have LED lights intertwined with genuine greenery on the porch spandrels. It’s enough to invoke warm fuzzy feelings.
Do I see, in the bottom right of your Christmas decorations box, some of Eileen’s customized hand knit socks!?! If so, could you possibly take a photo of them on your feet, for your far-away-at-Christmas mom?
Merry Xmas. Love that tree. It’s cute
Okay maybe that is not my parcel? Just thinking last year when you guys called from Wood Mtn. Saskatchewan. I was so touched & will never forget how unselfish you guys were to spend you Xmas Eve there. Thank you, it meant so much to me. Miss you both & love you!!
Merry Christmas, nice looking dog, name?
@Deb – Glad we’re not the only ones who aren’t completely on the ball. :) Putting up a Christmas tree late does have its perks though. Those 12 days of Christmas gifts sound fun. I love opening little surprises.
@Jypsy – I don’t think that I’ve actually seen a tree with real candles burning on it. I bet that looked lovely. Cute kittens!!
@Vicki – We don’t have as much snow as you, that’s for sure. Funny to be saying that!
@Kerry – Same too you, Kerry. :)
@Sandy – Merry Christmas to you, too. Hand-picked ones are the cutest. They have character.
@Andrea – She likes to be in pictures, but…we can’t really control her, lol. She never looks in the right direction.
@Michelle – Your house sounds like it’s decorated beautifully, in spite of animal challenges. :)
@Marjorie – We discussed the socks on the phone! Only a mother could recognize socks from 5000 kms a way. Love you, Mom!
@Luclaire – Thanks, we like it too.
@Vicki – We loved being at Wood Mountain last year. It was really special for Cameron to be in the same spot where his Grandfather grew up. Couldn’t have picked better timing. :)
@Aunt Krissy – She is quite the dog. She belongs to our neighbours, but she comes to visit us on occasion when we’re outside for long periods of time. Her name is Angel.
It looks like a great tree to me! Merry Christmas!
Well, about the tree and all, that is all very nice (we put it up after Sinterklaas Dec 5, so never wait) but what about the mittens and the wonderful hat you’re wearing? Very pretty. But above all: the dog, had I missed something? You’re search engine works fine and has put me up to date: neighbour’s dog, and “should we take a dog”? Consider this Dutch saying: “a dog has a boss, cats have staff”. We have three cats: Constrance, Carolien and Jan. …Says it all, I think. (However, living outside and in a house all the time – as opposed to living in a city – I don’t know what I would do!).
Go Go ‘o9, to you both!