A Little Christmasing

Everybody knows that as soon as the turkey leftovers are in the fridge and the dishes are washed, it's open season on Christmas. In these parts, we aggressively hunt down and capture every last bit of it that we can find.
So we went with my aunt and uncle to pick out their Christmas tree. They've never gotten to do this with kids before, and we have an artificial tree (the cost of a real tree in Florida just cuts too far into my Christmas budget!), so it was big fun for all parties involved.

Emma tried to be sensitive to all the trees that weren't going to be chosen.

And Nana took charge of all the boys, telling them what was what and making sure the trees they were looking at didn't have any bare spots.

And a few of us didn't understand how it could take so dang long to pick out a tree.

But we did eventually find just the right one. It always works that way, doesn't it?

Emma helped Uncle Kenny make some festive guacamole.

There was a lot of fuss over whether the tree was straight and if its trunk might be a little crooked.

And once that was settled, my hubby, the Master Tree Lighter, worked his magic and decorations were added by the glow of white twinkle lights.


Lovely.

We are watching the first run of the Charlie Brown Christmas special while we wait to hear a little bit more about Grandpa. We'll know soon whether we will be going home today or tomorrow, but it doesn't look like he'll be joining us just yet.