Our tree, decorated.

Today the snow was all rained away. I did a little Christmas shopping and it was so nice to come home to our beautiful tree.

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Here is the little village under the tree. You have to imagine it in the darkened room with lights glowing in all the houses...

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Another View of the Tree >>>>>

I have noticed ALL the neighbors just have white lights on their trees. We have a very old fashioned looking tree: 600 lights, 20 boxes of ornaments, about 4 dozen glass icicles. Somehow Phil gets them all go light up and go off at the same time with timers.

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This was the FIRST year I have decorated a tree by myself I think. Phil put on the lights, and helped decorate the top and upper middle with a ladder, but I spent at least two hours listening to Christmas music and unboxing and hanging ornaments.

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I saw Alan and Sara's tree today. It is very pretty. Alan told me he always gets a Grand Fir, because they smell the best. I didn't know that! He saved me some branches and I have put them in vases around the house.

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