Sunday, December 03, 2006

My Christmas tree

Today, I've put up my Christmas tree.
For the last 7 yrs, I either didn't have a Christmas tree or couldn't be bothered if I put it up or not. And my parents didn't bother either when I wasn't here.

But this year is different, I am home and I WANTED to put it up. So this morning, I dug out my old plastic Xmas tree and that's what it looked like:


I was glad it could still stand up and wasn't too bad looking though it's a bit tilted at the top. (But that only makes it look like a natural one, haha!)
After an hour of bending, stretching, sweating and what not, that is what it looks like:


I've tried to simulate snow with cotton balls....but humm....I ran out of cotton balls. So you can see some snow at the top, but it didn't reach the bottom branches :P

A few of my friends asked if it isn't too early to put up my Xmas tree, after all Christmas is still 3 weeks away....The answer is NO! The beginning of December is as good a time as any to put it up. Some people decide to put it at the beginning of December, some 1-2 weeks before, some on the eve, some a few days before. It is up to people's preferences and sometimes to family traditions. In my family, I've always been the one to put it up (and take it down) every year ever since I'm old enough to do it by myself. So it was always up to me to drag it out year after year, to my convenience.

I'm glad I've put it up this year. Not only it gives a festive mood to the house, but who knows, Santa might drop by on Dec 25!

5 comments:

Unknown said...

That's the spirit ! :D

Carine said...

SOME socks and SOME presents?
If u're good, u'll get many ONE present this year....by Santa! lol

Ashvin Gunga said...

Since it is just the start of december, i think you can take some contract work to decorate christmas trees...I think you did a brillant job with that nude tree..and the end-result is great..

so, can i wish you happy christmas now itself, after all you already got the christmas tree?

Carine said...

haha, thanks ashvin!
But Christmas is still a few weeks away and you will be here by then, so you can wish me in person!

Anonymous said...

Hello. And Bye.