Every morning this week I have been tickled by the new aroma in our home. It's one of those pleasures that reoccur every holiday but always take you by surprise once again. Of course I'm referring to the scent of our Christmas tree.
The experience of buying a tree, full size, and placing in the living room with treasured keepsakes attached to it is a beautiful tradition. This year we were a bit out of our element in that the idea of "shipping" trees to a lot was unnecessary. They indeed could be custom ordered from the forest of the surrounding vicinity! Sad to say we ended up resorting to the much less romantic tree selection of the local home improvement store.
But the tree is beautiful and we all enjoyed our evening of each ornament being lovingly placed in a home amongst the fresh branches. In good tradition we had a rousing debate over the tree topper and a climatic excitement over the old train set rounding off the finishing touches.
{I love Christmas}
