To give you an idea of just how much I love Christmastime, I'll share my husband's nickname for me: "Captain Christmas". Every year, I drag his sleepy self over to the tree farm near our house the morning after Thanksgiving to get our tree. Then he assists me with the lights. We hang our greenery, send our cards, and then watch Home Alone and Love Actually to kick off the season.
This year, we got to the farm so early that the trees weren't labeled by height. Of course, the first tree that we both like is gigantic, and each one after that seemed too small. So, after we had my six foot six husband stand next to it and it seemed like it would fit in our house, we strapped it to the car and brought it home.
Needless to say, the tree did NOT fit in our house. It was like something out of a Lucy episode! I hunted around our house for a saw or an axe, and came up with two rusty saws. My poor husband had to saw four feet off the tree!! At the time it was kind of hilariously awful, but afterward we just cracked up because we had a small tree on our back porch haha.
And that's how we kicked off our holiday season! Hacking up trees, making greenery, and drinking lots of Boulder to heal our blistered hands!
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And that's why my parents now only have a Christmas Bush. With no kids are around to help put up the tree they’ve mastered the art of micro-foliage to decrease setup and tear down times drastically. Just take one of the indoor green plants around the house and add orniments. I’m sure CAPTAIN Christmas won’t approve, but we prefer our holidays without military leadership. Unless by “Captain Christmas” you mean like a superhero name. In which case I guess that makes me a villian. "You win this round, Captain Christmas! But there’s 355 days without a federally mandated holiday so who’s laughing now? Mwahahahaaaaaa!" (For the record, that was me laughing now.)
ReplyDeletehahahahahaha oh Darin, you're just upset because you know you'll be helping Kyle drag the tree out when you come visit!
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