Oh Christmas Tree.

Angel and I decorated our house for Christmas. Go ahead and judge us if you want. Actually, if it was up to me, I would have gone traditional and waited till the day after Thanksgiving. But Angel really, really loves the Christmas tree and its strings of lights, so he wasn't willing to wait any longer. This was actually our first year decorating for Christmas together. That's because, in 2010, our first Christmas, we'd only gotten married three weeks before Christmas and we didn't own many decorations besides a few ornaments to hang on our non-existent tree. I didn't even know where my stocking was. Last year, Angel got bored one day in OCTOBER while I was at school, and I came home to a Christmas tree. This year I talked him into waiting till we were both home at the same time. We listened to Taylor Swift and Fernando Ortega (I know, random!) while decorating and had a grand old time decorating with our as-yet slightly pitiful collection of Christmas decorations.

(It is my theory that people attract Christmas decorations magnetically and without trying as they go through life, and so, in an effort not to wind up with an unmanageable supply of decorations a few years down the road we limit Christmas decoration purchasing as much as possible. My theory is true, though, you know. Out of the decorations we currently have, the only ones we bought were the tree, the lights, one stocking, and approximately 2 ornaments. The rest were gifts or were inherited.)

 Told you he was very fond of Christmas lights.

 I've had my stocking since my very first Christmas, so I'm told. I don't actually remember that Christmas. I bought Angel's for $3 at a thrift store last year so that he wasn't left out.

It's no designer tree, but it's happy to look at!

When are you going to decorate for Christmas?
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In other news, check out LeiShell's blog, because she's actually paying attention to the appropriate holiday, unlike Angel and I. I love her latest list of things she's thankful for, especially because it starts with: "A Clean House". I'm pretty sure all of us with houses to clean are pretty thankful for that!