This year my mom had the very smart idea of throwing a tree trimming party (the First Annual!). We got to bring Buddy and he was quite a hit, both in person and vis-a-vis a video of Buddy and Firenze boxing on our bed. At some point I'll figure out how to break it up so I can post it to the blog; it's too big to post all at once. There was lots of tasty food and excellent peppermint martinis. We all took turns adding ornaments to the tree (with the help of the ladder) so that my mom and Todd could have some help with the top third of the tree. One of the wonderful things about having a house with such nice high ceilings is that you can get a nice big Christmas tree. As a kid I remember encouraging my family to get the biggest tree possible every year and despite my usually competent sense of space I occasionally prevailed upon my parents to get such a big tree that we needed to open both of the front doors to get it into the house and still ended up with a explosion of pine needles and an adventure with a saw.
We all opened up Christmas crackers, and the best part of them is always the little paper crown that comes inside. Also, watching the the little pieces of the toys go whizzing through the air when you open them is a lot of fun.
After we got the tree properly trimmed, we did a little bit of Christmas fellowship and read and shared Christmas stories and songs.
Towards the end of the night we were trying to get some holiday pictures of the dog. Unfortunately he didn't like the little knitted snow men.
Or the santa hat.
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