For the past six years it has been our family tradition to put up the Christmas tree the day after American Thanksgiving. Last night we started off the evening with a favorite family meal and then moved into putting up the Christmas tree. This year things went a lot smoother with putting the lights on. Some years it seems like it would take forever to untangle lights, and also to find lights that are still working and get them on the tree. It did help that we had a couple of new strings of lights to put on the tree. (We did miss having Zachary home who REALLY enjoys fighting with the lights to get them on the tree. ) While we work on putting the tree up we usually listen to a variety of Christmas cd's and enjoy eating snacky foods. After the tree was up and decorated we enjoyed watching a movie together.
