Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree how lovely are thy branches.

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving spent with family. We met up at the husbands parents house and had a nice little gathering. Our middle son joined us which is always a treat. When it comes to holiday gatherings he's more of a free agent due to the fact he's not married or has any ties that hold him back.

His younger brother on the other hand is on a rotation basis with his in laws. We share them every other year for Thanksgiving and Christmas. 

This year it's Christmas!

I'm actually so excited to spoil their unborn baby girl with all sorts of girly gifts.

With that being said the minute our middle son left, on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, I put it into gear and spent the weekend decorating for Christmas.

I've got it down to a science and know where all the Christmas decorations go. 

This room has this and that room has that. The Bathrooms have some of this and that. Once everything was in it's proper  order and looking festive, I focused on the tree.

I love watching Christmas movies while putting up the tree so while the movie was in play, I carefully sorted the branches of the tree by size then assembled the 'trunk' or pole in which the branches attach.

After the boys were older we stopped going to the tree farms. 

I like a fresh tree but I don't like how it dries out so soon and the pain of trying to keep it watered. I think the last straw was when our tree tipped over spilling the water and scattering the decorations.

 I've gotten over it I mean, that was like 20 years ago but after it happened I moved on with a wonderful replacement.

The artificial tree. 

I love how I easy it is to wrap the lights around the pole then work my way down weaving them in as I add each layer of branches.

  I was actually surprised when I had a left over strand of lights. Usually I have just enough but without giving it much thought I carefully added them in.

With the tree lit, next came the decorations. It took me two movies to finish the tree then I saw what time it was. Not only did I go through two movies, but it was 12 midnight.

I put myself into fast cleanup mode when I noticed I had a whole row of tree branches sitting in it's own little pile.  They were the last set of branches for the tree.

Oh my goodness I couldn't believe I never saw them but I figured, what's done is done. Back in the box and down into the storage room they went.

Actually, it was probably meant to be. With the extra room under the tree I shouldn't have any problem fitting all the baby gifts I've been accumulating.