Morning all. Just curious - decorating the Christmas tree, is that something everyone does together a s a family? I'm asking because we're really struggling this year finding a time when all 4 of us are in the house and have the time to do it. I
With the "young'en" off at school there is no good time for everyone to participate.
I'm responsible for setting it up and stringing the lights and any garland.
(which must then meet the approval of the boss before anything else can happen)
After that, the ornaments go up kinda over the next few days as we start going through and the rest of boxes-o-decor. I may do all of it, she may do a lot of it, but it's no longer a specific "family time" ritual. We've replaced it with other things specifically to be done as a family.
My joy is that it's a pre-lit tree. So if the strand is out... I have to go around the tree... which is in a corner... until I find it.
Been there...
Ours goes in a corner as well so I set it up in the middle of the room until all the lights are up and verified operational. Then it gets slid back into the corner and the rest if the decor can be applied.
Last year I came home from work and DW had bought all new ornaments and they'd not put up a single one of the other ones. I hated it with a passion. I didn't say anything, but it sure put me in a funk for a while.
Really?
Wow...
All new is something that probably wouldn't happen in our house.
The tree is somewhat of a story book where the vast majority of the ornaments have significance and backstories.
We purposely want folks to ask us things like: "why the heck do you have that one up there"
The reminiscing is part of the attraction so replacing all of them on mass is not a likely scenario.
Holy Freaking Beverley!!! Why is it so bloody cold!!! This is not right and needs to stop.
While I won't be disagreeing with you...
it's little like me complaining about the heat and humidity in the high summer.
Nice work! I am all about low-maintenance decorations. We have an artifical tree and I just leave the lights on it and store it fully constructed in the basement. If I could rig an automatic lift that raised and lowered it through a trap door at the touch of a button every year, I'd be all over that.
Excellent ideas both...
Too bad I sold our basement off to subsidies the tuition.
If I had the room to leave it assembled, I'd probably do it.
A lie I can live with.
We did live trees for a long while and especially when the boy was small.
way too much fuss and bother these days.
And it's paid for itself several times over!
Yep...
Yes is has.