Christmas Time is Here

Last year, decorating our house for Christmas was a completely new experience.  This year, we had it down...or so I thought.  It is funny  how the house seemed perfectly decorated last year, but we still found room for new additions this year.  Even after the garland was hung, the nativity set out, the stockings were placed over the fireplace, ornaments adorned the 11 foot tree in the living room, and the tree in the office lit the front window, how, you may ask, was there need for more?  Well, we live in America after-all, don't we?  So, like true American's, we had to do MORE! 

The were two primary additions.  First came the lights on the outside of the house. That was something we consciously chose not to prioritize last year, so we are so excited to be able to show off our Christmas spirit to all of our neighbors this year. 

The second addition is a much more sentimental one.  Billy's sister Jenni had collected the Hallmark Barbie ornaments for years.  She has quite a collection, and his mom gave them to us this year.  We already have more ornaments than we know what to do with, and I am not exaggerating.  With two trees, one of which takes up half my living room, we still had almost an entire tub of ornaments left over that we didn't hang!  So, the only logical way to solve this problem and ensure Jenni's ornaments are displayed was to get another tree.  Thus, we added another (fake) tree upstairs on the balcony overlooking the living room.  The funny thing is, even with 3 trees, it still doesn't feel overdone.  The even funnier thing is that I don't think it is excessive. Yes, I have 3 Christmas trees in my house and yes I am implying that I still have room for more Christmas decorations!  'Tis the Season!