Christmas preparations
Whether we were really prepared or not, Christmas was fast approaching. We were able to bring a few (small or foldable) Christmas items with us, but we had neither the time or money to go out and buy new Christmas decorations. (We really miss the snowmen we've collected over the years from Sue O'Connor.) So we did the best we could with what we had. We all hung our stockings, then we set out to buy a Christmas tree. 
Of course, we knew that we weren't going to find a freshly cut blue spruce, but we figured a nice, artificial spruce would suffice. However, we nearly gagged when we saw that a "decent" North-American-looking tree costs about $500 (Cdn)! We ended up settling for a little juniper-variety tree from Wal-Mart. At least we didn't have to be concerned about our lack of ornaments.
Charlie Brown would have been proud! We got lots of laughs looking at this tiny tree, but it sure helped to make the house seem more like home at Christmas time.
Cary Sawatsky posted this message at 3:15 p.m..
