{"id":751,"date":"2007-12-07T23:57:17","date_gmt":"2007-12-07T23:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2007\/12\/chirstmas_is_he.shtml"},"modified":"2021-05-29T02:45:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:45:31","slug":"chirstmas_is_he","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2007\/12\/chirstmas_is_he.shtml","title":{"rendered":"Christmas is Here"},"content":{"rendered":"

This was originally written for my guest post on NITU<\/a> that I was awarded for knowin that both Santa and the Jolly Green Giant wee known for saying ‘Ho, ho, ho’.<\/em>
\nToday (OK, last Saturday) was decoration day. Time to pull all the Christmas stuff out and decorate the house for the holidays. Maria is very into the holidays. Me, not so much. However, I do love the way the house looks when it’s done. We’ve got loads of animated and light up buildings, figures, trees, snowmen and what not. We’ve got several ‘countdown to Christmas’ things that the kids really enjoy taking turns doing. Everywhere you look there’s something moving, glowing or playing music. OK, mostly the music stays off (gets pretty annoying.)
\nAnyway, usually the first weekend after Thanksgiving is decoration day. My responsibilities are limited:<\/p>\n

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  1. Don’t be a grouch. You think I’m kidding? Maybe you remember the icicle light incident<\/a> of three tears ago …(Maria every now and then starts singing “It’s the most wonderful time of the year …” or something as I get a little annoyed at the stupid<\/strike> tree. I appreciate that.)<\/li>\n
  2. Plug my laptop into the surround sound so we can play all our Christmas music on random. I love technology.<\/li>\n
  3. Bring all the tubs of Christmas stuff up from the basement.<\/li>\n
  4. Assemble the Christmas tree.<\/li>\n
  5. String the bead garland and put the ornaments on the top part of the tree. Aside from my 6′ 1″ frame, Maria’s the next tallest at 4′ 10″. If it weren’t for me, the top foot of the tree would be bare.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Other than that, it’s sit back and enjoy the show. The kids love every minute of it. By the time I’m done with getting the tree together, Maria and the kids have all the stuff out of the tubs and set up around the house.
    \nThen it’s time for the tree. One of our traditions is that we buy the girls ornaments each year to set aside for their own trees one day. Either a set of simple ornaments or a single, more expensive fancy one. They’ve now each have an organizer with their ornaments in. Each year they pick out a certain number to put on the tree, the rest are Mom and Dad’s.
    \nThis year, we decided to let them go all out. The tree is all their ornaments. I’m not much on hanging ornaments, I’d rather sit back and watch. I enjoy watching how excited they get about finding the perfect spot for that special ornament.
    \nOther traditions we have:<\/p>\n