This year I made a concerted effort to get our Christmas tree up and decorated early in December so we could enjoy it for the whole month. I really enjoy sitting down in the evening and seeing the twinkling lights and the pretty red ornaments and while I’m not feeling overly fa-la-la-la-la-like festive, I am more ho-ho than humbug. I thought you might like to see what the tree looks like so I very quickly semi-deep etched a photo (you can tell that it all got a little too hard as I got lower and lower – but you get the idea).

I love red on Christmas trees  so I decorated with primarily red and gold decorations. In fact my collection of decorations and baubles is pretty much solely red and gold – I’m pretty much a traditionalist – although I do love the tres trendy silver trees with gorgeous vintage baubles like this one though I don’t think I could pull it off. I love getting Christmas decorations from family too but some of the stuff I get given doesn’t match the scheme. I think I’ll need to invest in a little tree and decorate it with all the family given ones. I’ll put this on the list of things to do next year.

Speaking of family given decorations, each year (well for the last 3 or 4 I think) Mum has been making decorations for us to hang on our tree. This year it was a very cute beaded heart. I don’t know where she gets the ideas for each decoration from but they’re always flawless and the perfect addition to our tree.

Did you put a picture of your tree online? If you did, make sure you link to it in the comments so I can have a look!

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