Christmas Eve eve

The presents are all wrapped and nestled around the Christmas tree/bush thingy…

When I got out the Christmas decorations three weeks ago, I was determined that this year we would get a real Christmas tree.  And then I sat back and waited for them to go on sale. And waited. And when they finally did go on sale last weekend, I thought about it until I came to the conclusion that it probably wasn’t worth the effort. I mean, it’s less than a week until Christmas anyway. And I had visions of our attempt at Christmas tree shopping going something like this attempt in Moscow.

Yesterday, our housekeeper brought us this lovely Christmas tree/bush. (I’m obviously not sure exactly what it is.) But it is real, so that’s nice. And if I supplement it with a little Yankee Candle goodness, it’s almost like the real thing. Almost.