O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree...

How dark and broken are your branches. O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, good thing you only cost 25 dollars! lol...
So, we had our first speed bump of the holiday season today. We were so excited to put up the Christmas tree and start decorating the house. Well, we pulled out the artificial tree that we had purchased 2 years ago and got busy setting it up. One problem, the middle section of the tree wouldn't light. Ok, so we figured it was a bad bulb. When we got to looking at the bulbs on that particular line they were all black and blown up. Hmm.. how did that happen? Who knows, but it didn't look safe! Rick was sure he would fix it, but I said no way! It was going in the trash. I think it had a short and that seems dangerous to me. So, back in the box it went. No, it wasn't a nice tree by any means. I actually got it the Christmas that we moved here to the new house. We had just moved in the week before Christmas and we knew we didn't have the time or the energy to set up a real tree. That year I got a fantastic deal on this artificial tree at Lowe's for $25. Apparently it was only good for a couple of years and then you have to move on. We had discussed going to get a real tree this year. Truthfully I'm the only one in the family who wanted a real tree. Everyone else just wanted to do it the easy way and set up the old one. I wanted the kids to experience the Christmas tree farm, picking that perfect tree, lugging it home and positioning it just right. I may just get my wish after all. If not, at least we'll get to get a new artificial one that will hopefully look a little more real. This last one was pretty sorry looking, if I must say so. ;) We'll see what tomorrow brings when we all finish the Christmas tree discussion.
For now we have a big open spot in the newly arranged living room just waiting for a tree. Will we soon have the fresh pine smell rushing through the house? Who knows!!
The kids' main worry was that Santa wouldn't know where to put the presents. I assured them that he'd find a place! I teased them and told them we could bring in Spike, our potted plant from outside, and decorate it. We've named it Spike because it's a sort of spiked looking plant that we can't seem to kill no matter how hard we try. They were all horrified and thought I would really do it. I think I should do it tonight while they're sleeping just to see their reactions. lol.. I'm so bad!