O, Tannenbaum

I just love our Christmas tree.

And I don't know that I've ever felt such an affinity for an artificial tree as I do towards this one. I mean, the one at mom's is pretty cool and was always my favorite to put up. And Grandma and Grandpa's is a monstrosity, taking up half their living room and is decorated with ornaments dating back to the days when my dad was known as "Peabody." So those are definitely sentimental to me for many reasons...

But I love our tree.

We put it up last night (evidently), and this morning the first thing I did when I walked into our dimly-lit-by-the-just-risen-sun living room was plug the tree in. And I stood there for possibly 2.5 minutes just looking at it, in all its glory.

It just makes me happy.

As does hanging the stockings, filling empty vases with bead garland, and pulling out the Christmas towels... all while listening to Pandora Christmas stations. Last night was so fun!