We’re definitely upping our Scrooge factor this year. Not even intentionally, but we are.
We headed out on Saturday, December 3rd, with our good friends Josh and Mikalah for a Christmas-tree-hunting adventure. The day was perfect, we traipsed through the farm and both located our perfectly imperfect trees (check out Mikalah’s story here), we sipped hot cider, munched on cookies and definitely got in the Christmas spirit.
So Nick headed into work at about 6 that night and didn’t get home until 2:45 the next morning (and left again at 5:30am, but that’s neither here nor there). Our poor little Christmas tree got thrown on the garage floor, where it stayed until Tuesday night. (Sorry, tree, you deserved better)
We finally got it set up on Tuesday night (yaaaaay!) and then discovered that one of our two strands of lights didn’t light up. It was too late to get a new string that night, so we left our tree as-is. Bare. And sad. (Sorry, tree)
Wednesday night Nick snagged a new strand of lights and got them up on the tree (yaaaaaaay!) but I was booked until 10:00 that night, so it remained ornament-less until Sunday. (Sorry, tree)
Finally, after a jam-packed, go-go-go weekend we found ourselves home on Sunday night. So while Nick worked at the dining room table I hung ornaments on the tree. Beemer helped. He’s a good helper, as long as snuggling counts as helping (it totally does).
Right now it just has silver ornaments. We usually put up a combo of red and silver along with some favorite ornaments from our childhood. On Sunday night I was just feeling the sparkly silver. I can’t decide if it looks classy or pathetic. (Votes are welcome)
And that poor neglected tree is the extent of our Christmas decorations. No bowls of ornaments, no stockings, no garlands, no lights. I’m hoping to work a few more Christmas decorations into the house, but at the moment it’s still so chaotic and torn apart that adding more “stuff” to the mix would feel hectic, not festive.
So we’re loving the (rather simple) tree, instead. And the holiday tunes. And the eggnog. And the moments together, like Saturday at the tree farm and Sunday at home. Life cranked up the crazy a little bit this year, so instead of trying to cram it all in we’re trying to keep things as simple and streamlined as possible. Kinda like our tree.
ps - votes? Is silver too "blah?" Or is it classy? Or do I need to take a better picture so you can even see the tree?
From this picture, it looks cute!! I prefer simple. Too much stuff makes me all nervous.
ReplyDeleteYour tree adventure looks fun!
I think it looks great! The lights are all that really matter to me! =)
ReplyDeleteclassy for sure. You can never go wrong with a Christmas tree--whether it's littered with hundreds of childhood ornaments or it's got only tinsel hanging on it, the sheer presence of a Christmas tree is what matters to me. Besides, you are enjoying it! If anyone tells you it's pathetic they are missing the point. I was surprised your story didn't go awry when you brought beemer into it. I was totally expecting to read something like... "Then beemer ate the whole thing"
ReplyDelete:) see?? Happy Christmas Tree!! No scroogey-ness at the Germann's!!
Thanks for your encouraging comment on my blog! I completely agree that streamlining and simplifying is a good route to take. I love the simplicity of your tree! And it beats my tree with only the lights on it. :)
ReplyDeleteclassy! i love silver :). christmas should be more "simple" in a lot of ways. We are also trying to take a breath and enjoy.
ReplyDeletei like silver! it's christmas-y!
ReplyDeleteMy vote is for the silver too! We've been going with lighter colors for the past couple of years, and it feel so simple and classic.
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