We may have perhaps set our Christmas things up a little early this year. However, it's somehow become a bit of a tradition for us to set up the tree on November 11th after attending the annual Remembrance Day Ceremony.
This year - we were all feeling a little bit sluggish with the colds and flus we were dealing with (yes...again with the "woe is me" bit;) but John was determined to decorate on Nov 11th as always.
And believe me, John gets all "Tevye" (from Fiddler on the Roof) on us when it comes to TRADITION;)
It ended up being the perfect pick- me- up for the kids, and it wasn't long before they were all trying to join in and help. At one point Abby sighed and said dramatically, "Mom- I love Christmas! It's just so nice to be with family.)
Seriously it was such a cheesy moment- the whole room smelled like brie after. ;)
All cheesyness aside though, Abby was right - it was a fun time together. Once things were set up we sort of all collapsed on the living room floor together and watched movies by the light of the tree.
John laughed the next morning when we woke up to falling snow, and he insisted that it was because he had put up the lights on the house. And what lights they are right?
I mean, can you think of any better color combination then Blue and White?
John picked these lights out two years ago and I think he was obviously feeling a little cougar pride at the time. I hope our good neighbors can put up with them for the next SIX WEEKS!
Go Cougars!!!
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I love that it is John who is the gung ho Christmas person in your family. Terry is quite adamant that Christmas stuff should not be up until December 1st. That being said, the tree is up and all the decorations are out. We even turned on the Christmas lights tonight. Guess who pulls rank again...first the dog and now Christmas. :)
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