You know, I’m not a bah-humbug girl. Usually. This year I would prefer to forego the entire Holiday season because it does not feel normal. Of course we’ve got the kiddos to consider, so this year is just for them. I took them down to the tree farm this morning and we picked a very nice little 3 1/2 foot high Christmas Tree, went to the store and let them pick out their very own decorations, and came home and set it up.

They did a beautiful job. I know that they will love it because they did it. We’ll string some popcorn and put it up in a little while.

The story with our tree topper is purely about Christ. We always put the star up at the highest point on the tree, of course that symbolizes the North star. We also add a really pretty Angel just below and in front of the star, to represent the Angel that announced Christ’s birth. We have an angel that I made out of crystal beads about 14 years ago, she’s up in the attic and I can’t be pulling heavy stuff down out of there until I’m 100% healed, and that wouldn’t happen until after Christmas. So, Caitlin chose this beautiful large semi-transparent ribbon to represent our Angel this year. they also selected small ornaments for the small tree, gold jingle bells and glass snowflakes.

Me and my camera. Enjoy your tree eye candy today. 🙂