End of the Christmas Tree Saga

We did get a Christmas tree after all.

"Donner Fir"

We were out and about on Saturday and took our lives in our hands and went to Walmart in search of a cheap, artificial tree.   (Pretty much the only thing I can think of that's worse than trying to buy a Christmas tree the week before Christmas is trying to buy maternity clothes when you've reached the size of a whale.)  They had one we thought was decent for $88.  The way we looked at it was that a live tree usually cost us about $50, so if we bought this fake tree and used it at least two years, it was basically a wash.

I figured that if some ornaments and love could make the Charlie Brown Christmas tree look good, maybe the same would be true for our $88 Walmart special.

We put it up on Sunday and it's really not half bad.  I'll take some pictures of it now that it's decorated and you can see what you think.  

I tucked our little manger underneath it, all ready and waiting.  (I didn't want to leave it out in the open - I am a tiny bit worried one of the cats might not know it's a manger, and instead mistake it for a type of "box" they're more familiar with.  Better to be safe than sorry I always say!)

The only thing I'm a little worried about in regard to this tree is that the name of this particular tree is "Donner Fir".  Which reminds me of the fateful "Donner Party".  I hope that there is nothing about this tree that has anything to do in any way with that terrible story!  Like, I hope we don't have some terrible blizzard Christmas week, and run out of food and resort to...well, nevermind!

The end.