We have tried to get our Christmas tree from a tree farm in our area for the last two years. The farm has been closed, however. We ended up going to Prairie Gardens to get our tree both years. While our tree is beautiful, getting a real tree from a store isn't as fun as getting one from a tree farm. We decided that next year (or maybe after Christmas this year depending on clearance sales), we will be purchasing a faux tree for a few years. When Gideon and any future siblings are a little older, we will start getting real trees again. I think picking out a real tree from a tree farm will be an awesome family activity once Gideon is older... and hopefully the tree farms will be back in business by then.
Anyway, here are pictures of our tree before and after decorating it:
I love colored lights on my Christmas tree! We didn't put on as many ornaments as we usually do because we had to go very light on the bottom third of the tree so Gideon doesn't pull them all off and break them. We put up the ones that are most important to us up top along with some which aren't as breakable along the bottom. We decorated the tree while Gideon napped after church on Sunday. When he woke up, he was mesmerized by it and kept saying "wow wow wow" over and over again. It's safe to say he loves it!
He loves this little house ornament of Pete's. Pete said he also loved this ornament as a kid. |
The entire Christmas village which takes up two shelves on our built in bookshelf. |
The left side of the Christmas village. |
The middle section of the Christmas village. Yes, that is an antique Christmas tree! |
The right side of the Christmas village. |
Over the years, I have also obtained a small collection of random Christmas decorations, too. Since the Christmas village took up a couple of shelves on our bookshelf, I was limited with where I could put these other decorations. I put a little Micky Mouse snow globe and a stuffed reindeer by our baby picture of Gideon and the memorial luminaries and candles for the twins. Then I put my small collection of antique snowmen (love, love, love!) on our TV stand back as far as they could go so little hands can't get them. We have two tables in our house; one in the dining room and one in the kitchen. The final picture is of the table in our kitchen which has a hanging scented snowlady, a candle with the letter C on it, and an angel candle holder.
I have put out a couple of other things that aren't pictured, but they're also not as exciting. So, those are our decorations this holiday season. What do you think? Do you love decorating for the holiday too?