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I don’t care what anyone says, it is not too early to put up my Christmas tree.\u00a0 So that’s what I did this weekend.<\/p>\n

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View from my couch, because after doing all this work, I was too tired to get up.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A number of years ago, I discovered that putting my tree up around Veterans Day was the best timing.\u00a0 After this weekend, life starts to get busy with racing, travel, concerts, and holiday commitments.\u00a0 So now the tree goes up early-to-mid November and comes down sometime in early January.<\/p>\n

That doesn’t mean my decorating is done.\u00a0 I put up a few holiday items, mostly the angels and creepy elf that belonged to my grandparents, but there are still a few boxes of things that haven’t made it out yet.\u00a0 I also need to put the wreath on the front door.\u00a0 It felt just a little early for that.<\/p>\n

I still haven’t figured out the best way to decorate the outside of my house.\u00a0 I live in a two story brick box, so the only thing I could feasibly put lights on is the porch.\u00a0 I’m not climbing on a two story roof to hang lights.\u00a0 I guess I could put them in the bushes.\u00a0 This seems like a lot of work though.\u00a0 I used to have these really cute (and cheap) colorful solar lights that looked like candy canes, but they all broke or disappeared.<\/p>\n

I will admit, it does sort of feel early for Christmas – I’m certainly not ready for the holiday.\u00a0 Every year, I fall farther behind in my gift buying plans.\u00a0 My niece, she’s set, but everyone else… I’ll figure something out.\u00a0 This is always a really busy time of year, and I think it starts to really feel like Christmas after Thanksgiving and my trip to Disney World, but if I waited to do my decorating until then, it wouldn’t happen!<\/p>\n

So my tree is up, the cat is sleeping under it, and all is right with the world.\u00a0 Now all we need is some snow!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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