On Christmas morning a couple of years ago when all of the presents were unwrapped I put all of the paper in an empty box. Little did I know that was the beginning of a small tradition. My cat Harlich decided he liked to lie in it so I left it there. Every time I thought about discarding it he was in it. So each time I left it again. This went on long after the tree and decorations were gone and before I knew it Christmas had rolled around again. At that point I simply removed the old paper and replaced it with that years wrappings. This year I replaced the paper and gave him a new box . As you can see he is pleased!
Continuing my Christmas theme here is a photo of a little village I got from my grandmother years ago. As a kid I used to help her set it up every year. I made such a fuss over it that she eventually gave it to me. I have been married for 38years and we have set it up every Christmas. It has to be 60 years old now but I still get a kick out of seeing it each year. I suppose that is one of the little things Christmas is all about.
Now that our Christmas tree is up again I though it might be interesting to compare it to last years . Although the trees vary in size and shape they basically are the same every year. It is the ornaments that do this. Take a look ! This years tree is on the right.
We put up our Christmas tree up today and for me it was a real kick. I spent an hour or so putting the lights on. When I was finally finished and was fine tuning , trying to make all of them well spaced and visible, I accidentally cut one of the strands in two with my pruners. Of course the lights were plugged in at the time and with a dramatic pop and flash all 75 of them went off. I was not hurt (except my pride) but sat down stunned. In all of my years doing this I have never done anything like that .Thank goodness it wasn't a total disaster . After I recovered (emotionally) ,I removed the damaged set, replaced the fuses in the other two and put another set in. As always the tree turned out great ! I have always said it is all in the recovery!
