Towering Tannenbaum

Our plans to head to the country to buy our tree on our way home from NYC were thwarted by pouring rain and a sick toddler. So...we went to the train station, a block from our home, where the Boy Scout were having their annual tree sale. And there it was, our "Charlie Brown Christmas Tree"...standing all alone, kinda sad, a few dead branches at the bottom.

The tag was red and that meant 6-feet. So we took the soggy kids home and paul came back minutes later with the truck.

Funny thing though...that 6-foot tree was CONSIDERABLY larger when we got it home, about FOUR feet larger, so big in fact that it would not stand in our living room, which has 9.5 foot ceilings. You may be wondering why mom and dad didn't realize this as we posed for a photo in the tree lot. My husband is 5-7....the tree TOWERS over him. But trust me, it was pouring buckets. Logic fell by the wayside. So out came the pruners and the circular saw. We took off more than two feet. And I gotta tell you, it's one tight fit. Our tree topper literally scrapes the ceiling.

But our faith in that scragly tree lot tree paid off. It is actually quite stunning (probably just by virtue of being so frackin' big) and the kids have spent much time decorating (and "accidentally" smashing some of the glass balls).

T-Minus 10 days to Santa. Merry Christmas everyone.