We got our Christmas decorations set up after Thanksgiving, now we just need presents to put under the tree!
We haven't collected very many personal ornaments yet, so our tree is mainly filled with colorful balls. (We probably only have about 4 ornaments that aren't balls... and one of those is from the Red Cross when Jeffrey gave blood last year...) My grandma got me some very nice, heavy ornaments from Restoration Hardware last year that we could actually put on our tree this year. They're super heavy, and last year's twig tree that my mom gave us could not support their weight!
Here is our tree year! It's a little too tall to have a tree topper. Hopefully the next house we live in will have taller ceilings.
Here is the mantle:
And here's last year's tree that my mom gave us on its way out to the trash:
To be fair, it wasn't that bad once it was filled in with lights and ornaments and maybe even a strand or two of garland.
Once we get some presents under the tree, we will be ready for Christmas! Last year was more of a whirlwind: we took our honeymoon the week before Christmas and did all a lot of our shopping on Christmas Eve. That was less than ideal...
