This will be our first Christmas in our new house so I decided to change things up with our Christmas tree. It took me almost 3 nights to get this done but we had fun during the process. Matt put our tree up downstairs in the dinning room on Thursday night. Hodge and I had fun getting all the decorations out. I still cannot find the tree skirt. I guess it is in a box or I put it up somewhere when we moved and I cannot find it. As I started to decorate the tree I realized I wanted to get some new things and buy a second tree for upstairs. So we stopped decorating and I waited until Friday to start the process over again. Friday evening Hodge and I made a shopping trip to Sam's Club to get some new ribbon and ornaments for the tree downstairs. Sam's had some great mesh ribbon, jumbo shatterproof ornaments and a 100 count assortment of shatterproof ornaments for $29. That is only 29 cents an ornament. I love getting good deals on stuff like this. I finished the tree in the dining room Friday night. When Hodge woke up Saturday morning he walked into the dinning room and I asked him what he thought about the tree. He said, "Oh it is cute!" I thought it was pretty funny that he called it cute. Saturday I started on the tree upstairs in the playroom. This tree is decorated with all the ornaments that have a special meaning to us. I have received a lot of them as gifts from family and friends. There is also many ornaments I have purchased for us over the past 10 years that have a special meaning to me as well. Hodge and I had so much fun looking at all the ornaments and each one brought back so many memories. I loved telling Hodge about each ornament and who gave them to us. His favorite was the reindeer ornaments. He would carry them around and say my deer, my deer. I really like having two trees this year. I like having our old tree downstairs with new ornaments and new ribbon and having the new smaller tree upstair with all of our sentimental ornaments. Here are a few photos from our Christmas tree decorating experience!
Thursday Night
Friday Night
Up close photos of the Christmas tree downstairs.
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Christmas tree downstairs in the dining room.
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Saturday night
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| Hodge loved the reindeer ornaments. My friend from college, Shelbi gave me the wooden reindeer back in 2003 and the other reindeer Hodge is holding is part of a set that Matt's grandmother, Nana, gave us years ago. |
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| This is an ornament set from our first Christmas together after we got married. I think Matt's Aunt, Sue, gave us this. |
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| I got this ornament when Matt and I were on vacation in Hawaii in 2005! It is such a cute ornament! |
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| I bought these ornaments on our Honeymoon from a Christmas store in Key West. |
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| I bought this one for Hodge's first Christmas. |
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| I bought this Yorkie ornament a few years ago. It means even more to me this Christmas because Jack, our little yorkie, passed away this year. |
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| The Christmas tree upstairs in the playroom. |
The whole time I was decorating the trees I would sing the Christmas carol, O Christmas Tree. Hodge started singing it with me at first then after to many times of singing the song he started to tell me to STOP singing O Christmas Tree.
O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree!
Thy leaves are so unchanging;
O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree!
Thy leaves are so unchanging;
Not only green when summer's here,
But also when 'tis cold and drear.
O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree!
Thy leaves are so unchanging!
O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree!
Much pleasure thou can'st give me;
O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree!
Much pleasure thou can'st give me;
How often has the Christmas tree
Afforded me the greatest glee!
O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree!
Much pleasure thou can'st give me.
O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree!
Thy candles shine so brightly!
O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree!
Thy candles shine so brightly!
From base to summit, gay and bright,
There's only splendor for the sight.
O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree!
Thy candles shine so brightly!
O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree!
How richly God has decked thee!
O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree!
How richly God has decked thee!
Thou bidst us true and faithful be,
And trust in God unchangingly.
O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree!
How richly God has decked thee! !"
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