It wasn't the magical family evening I had psyched myself up for, not by any means, but we had a nice time. We bought 400 colored lights at Wal-Mart and David wrapped the tree. Dennis helped David unwrap all the ornaments and I put them all on the tree. We listened to Christmas music and we had to tell Dennis again and again to put down the ornaments or to stop taking them off the tree. He demonstrated how he could pull up a chair and grab the more delicate ornaments from high on the tree, something we ardently discouraged.
Once the ornaments were hung, I noticed that the tree was leaning considerably! David checked the bottom and discerned that the trunk had not moved--the top was leaning instead! While I cooked supper for us, David did an emergency run to Wal-Mart to pick up fishing line and a hook so that we could 'tie' the upper part of the tree to the wall. So it's up, and it's beautiful and so wonderfully fragrant. I have stabbed myself in the eyeball while making sure there was water in the stand. We are undecided whether we'll go back to artificial or if we'll do a real tree again. There are pros and cons to both!
After we put the tree up, we ate supper while watching A Charlie Brown Christmas, which Dennis and I both love. He is excited about the tree, calling it "beautiful" and "my favorite tree". I hope the ornaments survive the season!
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