Get your Christmas on
The day was taken off yesterday to find and bring home a sturdy evergreen to bring good smells and christmas cheer to the Minneapolis domicile. This is the first Christmas ever that I have purchased my own tree and not mooched off the pine scent of others. I have been missing out. Definitely one of the best parts of Christmas is unpacking all your goodies from Christmas pasts and recounting the stories of old ornaments received or made.

Our tree is a good six footer. Strong and narrow with unflappable limbs. For ornaments, I am especially partial to the wooden Scandinavian sect. Very simple and nothing really too gaudy. The wooden Santa’s are comical and fun and the welcome lights are smooth, warm, and – well…welcoming. There is even a class I may have to take at the North House Folk School next year on carving Christmas tree ornaments.