We put up our Christ­mas tree this weekend.

We wait until the last week­end of Advent to put our tree up & we keep it up until Jan­u­ary 6^th or the Epiphany. We find that wait­ing allows us to focus more on the Advent sea­son. We put up a real tree, Hubby would have it no other way & I also love the smell of a real tree. A real tree brings the scent of nature into the house. Of course every­one pitched in to help. Which meant we had lots of happy hands some a lit­tle too eager at times.

Our tree skirt, it can be a skirt for a tree or a cape for child as we found out when we put up the tree.

Wooden Gar­land.

Jolly Old St. Nicholas lean your ear this way…

Hand­made glass blown orna­ment. We bought this from Bronner’s, we have many orna­ments from them. Beau­ti­ful. It’s an adven­ture to go to Bronner’s.

I must admit that I love watch­ing the kids help with the tree. See­ing their faces light up while help­ing reminds me of the beauty found in a child­like love of prepar­ing for the upcom­ing Christ­mas sea­son. I also love watch­ing the lights on the tree twin­kle in the dark of the room before I head off to bed, when all is silent and I con­tem­plate my own antic­i­pa­tion of Christmas.

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