Our Trees

There has been lots of talk lately about a fake versus a real Christmas tree. I must weigh in because we are undoubtedly weird when it comes to this subject. Jon and I have never had a real living tree, but we have a real dead tree. We cover this in just about all of the ornaments we own - the ones we receive as gifts, the ones we buy on vacation, our picture ornaments, and even the ugly ones we made as young children. It's a blast to look at these each year. As promised, here is our "dead" tree:

I fully realize that you probably think our "dead" tree is crazy, but we have come to really love it. Below is our Christmas tree addition this year, and it probably has more mass appeal. We picked up a pre-lit fake tree at VanWieren Hardware last year after the holidays. We were super exited to put it up, and realized that we really underestimated the value of twinkling lights. Even though we don't have a real tree, we feel like we do now because at least it looks like it is living.

Happy Holidays! Now, if we could only get the lights up outside...