My wife having opemed a retail shop recently, it fell upon me to put up a tree this year if we were to have one. In the attic we have enough decorations for a dozen trees as the wife in other times has put up as many as five in our home. I found some strands of plastic clip on candles we last used at least 15 years ago. Needless to say only about half of them lit but being determined , I spent half a day getting them to work. Our tree this year wears only those candles. I am messmerized by its beauty,It is the most wonderous tree we have ever had. But of course I feel that every year. Merry Christmas to all my freepin friends!
Sometimes, it is the odd tree that is the most beautiful. We have our late daughter's Beanies on the tree. I added more lights than we had last year and some icicles. It is absolutely beautiful. It looks like all of the animals are peeping through ice and it is sparkling with the lights and icicles. It brought back so many memories when I put it up. One of them is not a Beanie but another brand of Uncle Sam. I was in a store and they had a box of 4 ornaments with a picture of an angel. I added 2 of those for our daughter and gave the other 2 to our other daughter. In a way, she represents our real angel.