The Tree is Up!

We got a gorgeous pre-lit 9' slim tree from Wal-Mart for a really great price. Brad picked it up last weekend, and we put it up yesterday. I was shocked at how quickly it went together. The thing is so beautiful! Now we just need to get ornaments on it.

I have to admit that I hate real trees. First of all, Brad and I are allergic to pretty much all kinds of Christmas trees. It's not fun to spend your holiday season sneezing and rubbing your itchy eyes. Other reasons I hate real trees include the following:

• They're high maintenance.
• I stress about them catching on fire.
• It's more trouble to go shopping for the perfect tree than to lug the fake one out of the attic each year.
• They leave needles EVERYWHERE.
• They're hard to get level and straight in the tree stand (at least, that was my experience growing up - seems like when we had real trees, they were always crooked).
• I can barely remember to water the plants on my front porch; having to water the tree in my living room is more than I want to hassle with.
• Getting rid of it at the end of the season seems like it would be a big production.

So Nyssa will grow up only having experienced a fake tree each Christmas. Poor, deprived child, huh?! :-)