Christmas has started again for the humble residents of the Carriage House in Old Cloverdale. Today was all about the season, and all about the preparation for the holiday. Erika and I got our tree this evening, a nice tall Douglas Fir stretching about 8 feet. We pulled up to the house and immediately began working on it. Taking no time out to sit around, I asked our neighbor for a saw and shaved the very bottom off the tree so it can take the water easier. Erika quickly grabbed the stand and we got to work making the tree rise straight and tall.
Now the tree was standing up straight, and the bottom was shaved, but you can’t just leave a tree bare the first night you have it. Decorations, lights, everything must be done when you get it. The pride one receives from bringing it from a tree in a lot of trees, to a fully decorated Christmas tree is something of a mystery to me. Why do people put decorations on the trees, and more importantly, why do we put these decorated trees in our homes? I don’t know the answer to either of these questions, I do know how nice it makes the house feel after we finish getting all the decoration in place and I guess that is all that matters.
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It looks so pretty!