{"id":30,"date":"2009-12-12T03:04:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-12T03:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/celoveless.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/12\/o-christmas-tree"},"modified":"2010-04-01T22:35:07","modified_gmt":"2010-04-02T02:35:07","slug":"o-christmas-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twosixteen.com\/christie\/2009\/12\/12\/o-christmas-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"O Christmas Tree!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0 auto 10px;\">When we started to talk about going to get a Christmas tree this year, Megan started to balk.  She said she didn&#8217;t want to go cut down a tree.  She wanted to use a fake tree so that we wouldn&#8217;t have to cut one down.  So, even though I really wanted a real tree, we agreed to get a fake one.  We had one we had used last Christmas, but I didn&#8217;t like how small it was.  A very generous co-worker offered to loan us a 9 8-foot tree she had that was too big for their apartment.  We have 9 8-foot ceilings, so of course we said &#8220;Sure!&#8221;   *Thanks for straightening me out on my facts, Scott!*<\/p>\n<p>The girls were impressed to watch it get put together, with all the different color coded branches.  And &#8220;fluffing&#8221; them was an event all on its own.  Once it was up, we started in on the decorations since it is pre-lit \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twosixteen.com\/christie\/uploaded_images\/IMGP3148-799905.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/twosixteen.com\/christie\/uploaded_images\/IMGP3148-799897.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s Megan stretching to get a candy cane up high.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0 auto 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twosixteen.com\/christie\/uploaded_images\/IMGP3155-799959.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/twosixteen.com\/christie\/uploaded_images\/IMGP3155-799951.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The girls and I made clothespin reindeer ornaments this year.  They thought it was the coolest thing ever.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0 auto 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twosixteen.com\/christie\/uploaded_images\/IMGP3164-700001.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/twosixteen.com\/christie\/uploaded_images\/IMGP3164-799994.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twosixteen.com\/christie\/uploaded_images\/IMGP3184-700044.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/twosixteen.com\/christie\/uploaded_images\/IMGP3184-700037.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The finished tree.  Yes, the star touches the ceiling.  And please don&#8217;t mind the bottom unlit section.  We wiggled and jiggled the plug with no luck &#8211; that section would not light up!  At least it&#8217;s at the bottom and not in the middle!<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0 auto 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twosixteen.com\/christie\/uploaded_images\/IMGP3180-752533.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/twosixteen.com\/christie\/uploaded_images\/IMGP3180-752520.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Molly and Megan give a quick hug in front of the finished tree.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/picasa.google.com\/blogger\/\" target=\"ext\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/pbp.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Posted by Picasa\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we started to talk about going to get a Christmas tree this year, Megan started to balk. She said she didn&#8217;t want to go cut down a tree. She wanted to use a fake tree so that we wouldn&#8217;t have to cut one down. 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