O Christmas Tree

Our rather large tree, who takes up so much of the corner, but is so pretty, so we'll forgive him for being a beast.
He was handpicked by Audra and Jamie, and cut down with love. I love having a real tree. The house smelt so nice when he first came in.
It is a hodge podge of ornaments, and it's always so much fun decorating. Remembering where they all came from. Christmas is all about memories right?

And my beautiful Christmas cactus is in full bloom. I bought it so many years ago, and it was tiny. It had a few forced flowers on it, I think to make you want to take it home, and then for years never bloomed again. But for some reason it loves the bay window and blooms regularly now. A few times a year at least. It's always so pretty to see.
My mom has my Babcia's and I can't even even remember how old it is now. It's huge and crazy and I know many people have gotten cuttings from it to have their own plant. Which is kinda neat. Passing the plant along.

No Charlie Brown tree here....

We went and cut down our christmas tree this weekend. There is a little old man and he has some property just outside Cambridge, that he lets trees grow wild on. He has all different kinds and you go and cut the one you like.
So after some searching and weaving through trees, we found the perfect one.

Jay hacked it down and back to the car we went with it.
Fit on top of the vibe no problem. And surprisingly we were the only car driving home that had a tree on top of their car. Usually when we go to get our tree, we see lots of travelling trees. Not this time though. Maybe people weren't out picking their perfect trees.

All set up and looking good. Now time to decorate it and the house. So many decorations, not enough room for everything. lol. I think we are going to do a little purge on some unused christmas items.