It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas!

Our family tradition has always been to get our Christmas tree the Saturday after Thanksgiving, and this year was no exception. It was a chilly and windy day, but the sun was shining bright and it was a perfect morning to cut down a tree. For the past several years, we have gone to John Nieman nursery to pick out a tree. You come down a hill and are greeted by hundreds of Christmas trees. In the past, we have always picked a Canaan Fir tree- they have the best smell, but the branches do not hold heavy ornaments well. The past few years we have switched to a Blue Spruce - a great tree, but it does not have a 'Christmas Smell' and the needles are prickly - but we have a ton of heavy ornaments, so we chose a Blue Spruce again this year. Leah loved running through the trees and Max slept through the whole thing, which was fine because he was buried under blankets due to the wind, and he would not have been able to see anything anyway. Leah enjoyed placing the star at the top of the tree and playing in the lights, while Max just hung out. I was also able to finish stitching Max's stocking and we hung it up to complete our holiday decorations!