Elliot has bronchitis, Drew is congested, coughing, feverish and we think he has an ear infection and Evan has the sniffles and sneezes, so we couldn't go outside yesterday even though it was a beautiful day. So, I thought it was a perfect time to put up the Christmas tree!! That way everyone was inside and occupied. We played non-stop Bing Crosby and here's our tree for this year...
This year's tree again sports the old fashioned "big" bulbed colored lights. We have 4 strands of colored and 2 strands of clear white lights. As a throw back to yesteryear we added silver and gold tinsel garland around the tree, and the finishing touch on this vintage tree is the star that topped Gran and Pop's Christmas tree in 1965!
We've been adding one Fontanini figurine every Christmas to our Nativity Set that Grandma gave us as a Wedding Gift. We got two last year: the donkey was purchased before Christmas and it was chosen by Evan and Elliot. After Christmas Day, we tried finding the Three Wise Men, but everyone was sold out, so we got the drummer boy. This year's addition is Matthew the Shepherd standing in front of the seated camel. We bought him at Crossroads when we were in last week. Maybe this year will be the year that we add the Three Wise Men at the Epiphany...
A closeup of the Star. This year we had to do a little minor surgery in order to keep The Star in one piece. Elliot wanted to play with it and it came apart! But it wasn't too serious...nothing a little tape wouldn't fix!
Evan inspects the tree to ensure proper ornament alignment and spacing. This is an art form we're talking about here!
This year's tree again sports the old fashioned "big" bulbed colored lights. We have 4 strands of colored and 2 strands of clear white lights. As a throw back to yesteryear we added silver and gold tinsel garland around the tree, and the finishing touch on this vintage tree is the star that topped Gran and Pop's Christmas tree in 1965!
We've been adding one Fontanini figurine every Christmas to our Nativity Set that Grandma gave us as a Wedding Gift. We got two last year: the donkey was purchased before Christmas and it was chosen by Evan and Elliot. After Christmas Day, we tried finding the Three Wise Men, but everyone was sold out, so we got the drummer boy. This year's addition is Matthew the Shepherd standing in front of the seated camel. We bought him at Crossroads when we were in last week. Maybe this year will be the year that we add the Three Wise Men at the Epiphany...
A closeup of the Star. This year we had to do a little minor surgery in order to keep The Star in one piece. Elliot wanted to play with it and it came apart! But it wasn't too serious...nothing a little tape wouldn't fix!
Evan inspects the tree to ensure proper ornament alignment and spacing. This is an art form we're talking about here! 
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