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Is your Christmas tree up yet?  Ours isn’t.  We haven’t even thought about getting our things out to get things ready for Christmas yet.  Though he loves this time of year, my hubby hates to go in the back and dig the tree out of storage.  We used to get a real tree every year, but got to a point where we just couldn’t afford it anymore.  My parents gave us their big artificial tree about 8 years ago as they didn’t have the room to put it up anymore, and with my dad being in a wheelchair, it was hard for them to put it up and decorate it.

Actually, I’ve enjoyed having an artificial tree these past few years.  I think of it as my part for the Go Green movement.  I try to be ecologically minded, but it’s not always as easy as it sounds.  With an artificial tree, I know that somewhere out there is a live tree that will get to see another year because I didn’t want to have it cut down just so I could have a real tree in my home for a few weeks.  Although I do miss the smell of a fresh Christmas tree, I don’t miss having to vacuum up all the dropped needles from my carpets.

I am hoping to have my tree up and ready to go in the next few days.  It will all depend on how energetic my hubby feels and whether I can convince him to dig the tree out of storage.  Not his favorite job, but once he’s got the tree set up, his job is over.  The kids and I will do all the decorating.  Even though they’re both teenagers now, they still enjoy putting the decorations on the tree.  At least now they can reach all the way to the top.  LOL