HAH! My first Christmas as an adult with a family, and we finally got our tree home just a few hours ago. In all reality we really shouldn’t have waited so long to get one, because there was only one place that had any left, and it only had about twenty or so left. I just wanted the house to be clean and arranged accordingly so there wouldn’t be so much hassle with moving the tree around.
After we picked out our tree, we realized that it wasn’t very perfect, but we had more to work with than the others with few to no tree branches. Earlier in the day my brother suggested a “Charlie Brown Tree,” but I love ornaments and the lights and didn’t feel right with few branches and a tree that looked like it was almost dead.
Anyway, we picked out one that was full, and realized it was far from perfect. There were too many branches on the bottom, and not enough at the top. A problem that I felt was not that hard to fix. I went to Walmart.com and found some floral wire, some floral tape, candy canes, some gum, and some chocolate. LOL, I know what you’re thinking, but I only used the wire and tape after all was said and done. The candy canes are to decorate and the gum and chocolate were for my sanity!
We trimmed the tree from the bottom, and used some of the branches and wired them to the top to make the tree look like it was naturally full and had no gaps. With all the trouble we went through, we almost should have gotten a a fake tree, but it wouldn’t have been as fun, I think. My daughter decided she was going to stay up (when she normally goes to sleep much earlier) and see us struggle and watched with joy as we tried our hardest to make the tree look as best as it could.
Got the lights strung, and now all that we have left to do is get the ornaments put up. I’m going to end up getting a new tree topper because the one I got sucks and is not really worth the money I paid for it. I think an angel is the best bet, or I might end up making one, but I don’t know yet. Don’t really have much time to do everything I want to do.
Anyway, I have to clean up all the mess that we made and start making the wreath with all the extra branches.
Do you have a Christmas tree up this year? Have any funny tree/Christmas stories? I’d love to hear them!
Cheers!
~Hale Mom
