I am staying at my parents house while my dad recovers from a broken hip. We pulled out a tiny artificial tree ('bout two feet tall) from the closet. I'm not sure how old it is but it's a green tree with colored lights... and the lights still work! That's about all the decorating we are doing here.
I'm not fond of having a live tree, only to watch it slowly die. I haven't had a tree of any kind for quite a few years. I don't make a big ta~do about Christmas any more.... now that my daughter has moved out. I stay away from the malls and I don't buy too many gifts. I think it's absolutely crazy how some people go wild buying extravagant gifts! It just seems sad that the holidays have become such a frenzy of stress. I do enjoy this time of the year though... the lights, the spirit of friends and getting together... and I do love to bake goodies!
When I did have a tree, I had a lot of sentimental ornaments that my daughter had made throughout her school days. Each year there was something different. I am sure one of these days we'll pull out those ornaments and decorate another tree... perhaps when we have some grandbabies! :D
but it didnt work. So we had to take the big one down from the attic & put it up. We didnt feel like buying a new one just yet maybe at the after Christmas sales this year 
