Sunday, December 12, 2010

On the first day of Christmas...



... There was a Christmas tree hunt! My family has a tradition of "hunting down" our Christmas tree. As in we wander around in the sticks for a couple of hours and hope to find a tree that 1. is some sort of pine and 2. generally resembles the shape of a Christmas tree. (I say 'generally' in the broadest sense possible) Many a year has our tree looked more like a bush than an evergreen meant for decoration. This year however, we decided to "branch out" from our normal routine of tromping through the desert and venture instead to the nearest Home Depot. Oh my gosh! The trees look like Christmas trees! There's no two-trunkers, and they all have branches all the way around, not just on one side! It's difficult for me to explain the amount of excitement we all felt at selecting our tree. Oh how we loved our tree! Oh the excitement of a Christmas tree full enough to hold all of our ornaments! At that moment the joy of Christmas was overflowing in our hearts and we just wanted to share it with everyone including the random couple in the aisle next to us.

It's the little things... hope your holiday season is full of little things that make your heart sing.
~Jasmine

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