I love Christmas. I love the music, the feelings, the cookies, the lights and the decorations. I love to decorate my house. In the past, I have decorated 15 trees in my house. One or two trees in every room, with a theme. My boys, nieces and grand kids each had their own tree theme. I would start decorating in November, during my break. One room a day approach. Every year, I would get an idea for a different tree and so I would start decorating a new tree before Christmas. Unfortunately, I haven't decorated like that in 4 years - with health issues and not being around for my November break. I think, as the boys got older they didn't like it as much either. I, really, miss it.
The tree farm started when my youngest son was little. We put up a big tree in the living room, with all my Hallmark ornaments and the ornaments that the boys had made. That Christmas, my husband and I had the flu and were spending most of the time in the family room, laying on the couch - with no tree. So, I went to the store and got a small tree that we decorated with things from around the house. I loved that tree.
I remembered that my grandmother's tree had felt ornaments on it. I called it the "tacky tree". The ornaments were old and falling apart. I wish I had those ornaments today. So, the day after Christmas that year, I went looking for kits to make those ornaments. I wanted ornaments just like my Grandma. I bought a few kits that year, then continued to add to the collection of kits. I haven't made any of those ornaments yet.
The trees just started to grow each year after that. My youngest son loves nutcrackers, so he wanted a nutcracker tree. He would fall asleep with the tree lights on - the timer shut them off. Now, that he has his own son he asked if next year I would put the trees up. He told me how much he loved Christmas in our house with all the decorations. This year, I will put up one tree, just for my grand kids.
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