Maybe it was observing and helping my sister prepare to be a part of our small hometown Christmas home tour that started my jolly holly ball rolling downhill. Her garlands and boughs and Santa's and nativity sets and wreaths and trees and more trees and candles and (.....well, you get the picture) had to be placed well in advance of the tour that took place on December 5th. That meant we observed Thanksgiving at her house sitting under an upside down Christmas tree suspended over the dining room table (who DOES that!?) and being thankful we would not be around for the un-decorating in January.
When I returned home I briefly considered not decorating for Christmas. I came up with several good reasons to justify it. It's just the two of us, we don't really entertain, there's no good place for a tree, two of the three kids wouldn't even be here, we will be leaving for Florida in early January, the decorations I don't drag out of the garage I don't have to drag back into the garage. I was prepared to go minimal. Very minimal. Basically a poinsettia. Then a decision was made for part of my extended family to celebrate Christmas at our house. Namely my sister's family. Yes, the same sister of the extravagantly decorated Christmas tour house. Logistics dictated our home would be the better one for this year's celebration than the one screaming 'Tis the Season!
So, the shelf decorations came out of the garage, shrubs right outside doors and windows were lit up so that if you didn't look too closely you might think they were inside, three beautiful, fresh wreaths were purchased on Christmas Eve (they were running a procrastinator's special - $1.50 each!), and a poinsettia rounded out the decor. My sister assured me I didn't need to run out and purchase a tree since we were doing this so last minute. All was well. Until you want the picture perfect place to put gifts. Like under a lovely, decorated Christmas tree.
That explains the picture. While Mr. Y and I were in his home office celebrating Christmas with one son's family in a wireless way (thank goodness for Facetime), my sister and her family were plugging in my floor lamp and quickly pulling together beads and a topper to create a Christmas tree their way. It had a light, plenty of space underneath for packages, and with presents thrown around the base.......well, it still wasn't Pinterest worthy but it sufficed. (I recreated the gifts since no one bothered to take a picture at the time - it actually looked much better.)
This year I will rethink the Christmas decor. Obviously more effort needs to be made. I'm posting this to remind myself in eleven months to get a green light bulb for that floor lamp, and some tinsel to wrap on the pole, and for goodness sake it sure could use a tree skirt!
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