Tis the season

Nate & Heather have their Christmas tree up and lit. As coincidence would have it, we put our tree up today as well (yet another thing I worked on today). Nate's post reads as though they have a real tree. We, unfortunately, can't have a real tree because our cats would surely wreck it. We picked up a 7 1/2 foot artificial tree 2 years ago relatively cheap for our first married Christmas. It's pre-lit, and somewhat small in diameter - but it fit our apartments well. Now that we have a house, we may get something larger in a year or two.

Sorry, no pictures yet.

While we're on the subject of Festive Holiday Season, what starts the season for you? We all have our own little rituals and ceremonies that mark the beginning of the "season" - some people go out shopping at 5 AM on Black Friday, for example. For me, it's a viewing of National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Once I've watched that (usually Thanksgiving weekend), I'm set for FHS. I just can't get enough of that movie. Look kids! A deer!