Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree

Yes, I know its only just December but the whole Christmas tree thing pre occupies me from about now.

I know some people put their tree up at the beginning of December but I am usually quite late on and the weekend prior to Christmas Day is my normal time for tree/decorations being pulled out of their dusty hiding places and arranged artfully (I like to think!) around the house. I am not big on decorations though so tend to hold back a bit as I know its just more work for me to keep them dust free and then the hassle of putting it all away again a few weeks later to contend with! Bah Humbug did I hear you say :-D

I never seem to get the whole tree thing right though. I have had fake trees, real trees, fibre optic trees, cable light trees, twigs with lights etc etc but never am completely happy with whatever offering I come up with!

What do you like? I know some people swear by a real tree and nothing else and I must admit there is something special about the smell and look of a real tree. I always pick the "no needle loss guaranteed" ones but have found out to my cost that THEY LIE!
I can spend hours and hours putting my tree together and go to bed happy but the next morning it looks like something has attacked it in the night and it is surrounded by a bed of pine needles which then impale themselves in my feet on a regular basis from that moment on until the time I find super human strength to pick it up and throw it out when I have just about had enough of vacuuming EVERY SINGLE DAY.

So then I hunt out fake tree's but mine never look like they do on display in the shops and always seem to have at least half of the branches missing making it look as barren as the real tree does a few days after it drops all of its needles.

So to tree or not to tree that is the question.............

There is something really magical about a Christmas tree though and the children will have "their" tree which they can decorate themselves with all those delightful hand made offerings they come home with over the years. Little do they know that Mummy takes it all off when they have gone to bed and re-does it ......