It had to happen some time. The christmas tree is going up today, and apparently to properly decorate a tree you have to be driinking champagne. Not quite sure how that works, but I was easily convinced, and it does seem to be a tradition of ours now.<\/p>\n
I’m sure that we don’t have enough lights, but I suspect that I’ll be told off if I get too many more for it… Though I might still see what I can sneak on there a bit later. But once the lights were on, that’s about the end of my job.<\/p>\n
I was allowed to help with putting on the rest of the decorations, but only if I strictly followed instructions, so I thought it best for domestic harmony if I just left Bec to it. So my job is now to say “yes” whenever asked if things look good. Which I do damn well, if I do say so myself!<\/p>\n
But we have so many decorations that Bec’s getting quite confused and upset about what to put on the tree, and what has to stay in boxes for the year. We inherited all of Megan and Michael’s decorations when they left (and it’s their tree too actually – our old one was a bit shorter by about 2 feet), so we’ve really got two full sets for one tree. Actually, I think we might even have enough for three trees. Four at a push. “When you don’t have enough decorations it’s a lot easier” Bec’s just whined, flapping her arms.<\/p>\n
The trick is knowing when to stop, I think. But she seems quite happy organising all of the leftovers into piles based on colour and size anyway… Oh, and shape too, apparently!<\/p>\n
So now it’s up for another year. Not quite the same as having a real “live” pine tree, with the traditional christmas pine smell, but good enough, and a lot less mess! And probably a lot easier than trying to get a tree home on the tube!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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