Oh, Christmas Tree

“Should we take down the tree today?” Hubby asked me last night after we returned from our final Christmas celebration.”Well, we can, if you want to, but I was planning to do it Thursday or Friday.” I was nestled in my cozy chair with laptop on...

25 Days of Christmas Ornaments Day 4

One of my best friends and I have been friends since first grade, I think. She is one of the sweetest, most generous people I know. My boys call her Aunt Susie. Every year for Christmas, she sent them ornaments, which is a tradition we cherish. Not because we got...

25 Days of Christmas Ornaments Day 3

Even though Hubby and I didn’t have a Christmas tree for the first two years of our marriage, we did receive ornaments–for us and our son, who was born a year after we married.The blue ornament was one I bought after our son was born. I thought the...

25 Days of Christmas Ornaments Day 2

The first year Hubby and I were married, we didn’t put up a tree because we were living in South Carolina where he was stationed in the USMC and planned to return to PA for Christmas.The second year we were married, our son was 6 weeks old and we weren’t...