Mom and Dad spent some time together on Sunday decorating the living room with Christmas stuff. They put up this big tree in the middle of the living room. A TREE INSIDE?? (I told you my mom was daft!) But it didn't stop there. They put LIGHTS on it. Then they put all these little decorations, too. Oh my...
Then they put these giant socks above the fireplace!! Maybe they are trying to get them warm before they put them on or something. But they are sure big socks... And none of them match. One has this man walking through the woods in a blue cape with a bag of presents. It must be Dad's because it says his name at the top. Mom has one with her name, too. It has a lady with red hair wearing a really pretty red dress. Mom said something about Grammy cross-stitched them. So I wondered if one would have my name.... I didn't see one yet, but there is this pale green one with a baby giraffe on it. It reads, "Babies First Christmas 2007" at the top. I guess that means me... Maybe next year I'll have a fancy one like the old people.
But anyway....Here's that tree that sits in the area where my toys used to sit....
And I laughed when I saw this next picture, I thought mom messed up with her camera like the time she had me surrounded by Zombies. But she kept talking about how she did this photo on purpose. She has a similar one like this real big on the living room wall with the Plaza Lights. I guess she likes this style of photo...
Remember how I told you they put all these decorations on the tree? Well, I was looking at them and I'm quite surprised! This one says "Marlene 1966" on the back! That's my Grandma! 1966!! Wow, that's a really old ornament!
And there are a whole bunch of these snowmen... My mom said her friend Mica showed her how to make them. She said she made several dozen, but people kept buying them from her, so there are only about six or seven left for our tree.
And this one is a Polar Bear and it says "Ian 1987" that's my Dad!!! 1987??? Wow, my dad's old. Xbox wasn't created yet, I wonder what he did back in the Eighties? 
Then another one to note I tried to play with, but my mom grabbed it and said "Don't touch." So I haven't touched the tree since. But I was confused because this one looked like a baby toy. Except there is a photo glued to the side of a little red head girl. I looked closely and I think it's my mom! I asked her and sure enough, she said she made it in Kindergarten when she was five years old! 
The tree is loaded with sentimental ornaments. I saw a Giraffe wearing a tutu, an trumpet with a photo of mom in college with Jackson's mom and Selah's mom, two kissing snowmen with a sign that says "Our First Christmas Together 2002," and a bunch of wooden German ornaments that I guess my Grammy had from the 70's. I wonder what type of ornaments I'll be adding to Christmas trees over the years to come??? 
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