Tis the Season
What a sweet light to sleep by.
This past Saturday, we walked to Home Depot and got a 6′-tall Douglas Fir for our Christmas tree. There was a gigantic line of people waiting to get their tree trunks trimmed, but lucky for us, Tim owns a buzz saw. We were able to skip the line and bring our tree home quickly—yay!
Usually, we like to let the tree “open” overnight after having been tied in a bundle for who knows how long. However, I was a bit impatient this year, and after only a couple hours, I started putting on the lights and decorations. I tend to keep it pretty simple with multi-colored lights and glass ornaments of various shapes, sizes, colors and textures. However, that’s the extent of it; there’s no garland or beaded strings, no fake snow or ribbons or bows. I like having it still look like a tree.
I’ll post more pictures soon. It has opened up a lot since we got it and has shed quite a few needles, but that’s mainly due to the interference of wayward wagging dog tails. They’ve already broken a few of the low-hanging ornaments!
It’s been very cold in Los Angeles lately. Well below normal and even though it’s December, this chill is unusual for us. The high has only been around the mid 50s and it drops to the 40s at night. It’s also been rainy and windy—what a miserable combination! I try not to go outside unless I absolutely have to.
It would be nice if this “arctic front” led to snow, but it won’t snow here in Hollywood. Towns around me are getting a bit of snow here and there, but central Los Angeles doesn’t seem to be able to achieve the right conditions for snow. Though as the song goes, “it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…”
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