My Christmas Tree

The picture above is of my Christmas tree.  If you can tell I was sitting on the couch, with my Pug on my lap.  Her name is Martini and she was enjoying looking at the tree with her mommy.  It was a very special moment and I absolutely adore my Christmas tree this year!  Here are a few ideas for my perfect Christmas tree:

• Personally, I prefer colored lights.  I love white lights used outside, but on a Christmas tree I just have to have colored.  This year we purchased LED lights, and ended up having to buy several boxes to make it go evenly over the entire tree, from top to bottom.
• The tree we have was purchased at Target.  It was the most expensive tree we have ever purchased, as I believe it was around $100 on sale.  I believe it is 7 feet tall and very thick!  It is definitely the most beautiful tree we have ever had, and we plan to use it for several years to come.
• Unfortunately we had to purchase a fake one.  As we have three dogs and one cat, that all live indoors, we couldn’t risk all the potential issues that could arise from having a life tree
• We love lots of ornaments!  We have several collections of balls – colored, glass, glittered and so on, most of them from Target.  Different shapes and sizes to create visual interest.  Another great place to pick up ornaments is Hobby Lobby – they usually have 50% off sales and have a WONDERFUL assortment of ornaments.
• We also have about 10 Hallmark ornaments.  I just love Hallmark ornaments!  My mother in law starting giving us one a year since we got married, and we also exchange some between ourselves.  We have everything from the leg lamp for A Christmas Story to a beautiful gold key that says “Our First Home” that we received the year we bought our home.

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