Last year, we were grocery shopping about a week before Christmas and realized we hadn't gotten our tree, so we grabbed one from the grocery display. Unfortunately, we made the mistake of buying what turned out to be a Christmas tree-looking bush, rather than a tree with a central trunk. There were four primary limbs of the bush and when we put on all our ornaments, the limbs each drooped in a different direction, so there was a gaping hole in the middle! Jacob ended up tying all the limbs together in the center, but we then had to rotate the Christmas bush every few days to keep it from tipping over from the weight of the tied up limbs. A couple times, we forgot to do the required rotating (hey, we were working pretty hard!) and our Christmas bush toppled over, spilling ornaments and potting soil. It was not our most successful decorating venture. This year, we were very certain to get a Christmas tree!
We found a short, but very full, potted tree that is just perfect for our little space. And it doesn't droop one bit!
Isn't that a good-looking star that my hubby made from cardboard and foil?!
After trimming our tree, we put up our Nativity scene on the window sill!
A few other touches of festivity around the apartment and now we're all set!
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I LOVE your cardboard and foil star!!! My in laws made a styrofoam and foil star their first Christmas and they still top their tree with it 25 years later! It also makes me laugh because T and I bought an "el-cheapo" light up tinsel star from Freds the first Christmas we were poor - oops, I meant to say married...anyway, we are still using it. It's pretty tacky, but we laugh each year as the memories come flooding back! Enjoy your star! :)
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