This Christmas

I FINALLY got my tree up.  Last year, it was up shortly after Thanksgiving.  We were supposed to go get trees from a tree farm about 10 days ago, but it was SO cold and snowing, so we decided to not go.  Haha.  I went to Home Depot with Liz last night and we picked out two beautiful trees.  Liz got a Frasier Fur, very slim and beautiful.  Green with lots of branches to hang lights on.  Mine is a Blue Spruce.  I think it's halfway dead, but it looks beautiful thus far.  It's about 6 feet tall, and REALLY wide.  At first, I wasn't sure that I was going to be able to have anything else in my living room, but after the relocation of my dining room table, all worked out.  Man, that was a rough time though.  I'm allergic to pine/anything living (haha), so wrapping the lights around it was kinda brutal on the arms.  I forgot to wear long sleeves.  Smart, I know.  I also don't have an angel.  I have always had one at home, and really miss it.  I have a star up there, and it's very beautiful.  I still have to hang ornaments, so I'm going to wait to take a picture until after I have done so.

This Christmas will be different than those in the past.  I have always (I think) spent Christmas with family, and this one will be my first working.  I don't actually work on Christmas Day, but I will be in Kansas City until the 28th.  I keep telling myself that it's just a day, and that the holiday can be celebrated anytime...but I'm not quite convinced.   I have great friends here, and we'll be together, but there is something about waking up on Christmas morning and having family there.  I think that this year will be the first to start creating my own traditions.  

If you are in the KC area, and want to visit, I'm here until the 28th.  All are welcome to sit by the tree, watch some movies, and eat cookies.  :) 

Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas!