I'm halfway through Christmas break, I'm sitting here listening to my favorite acoustic bands, and am staring at our Christmas tree. A Christmas tree that is almost naked. One of my absolute favorite traditions is decorating the tree. This year we (my parents) are hanging on pretty tight to the traditions that pull us together as a family and the current state of our tree is a testament to that fact. See, we are still waiting for Katelyn to get home for break. Law school doesn't get out until today, so we've been anxiously awaiting the time when all of us are going to finally be home. And since I am leaving the country next week, the total time we will all be here is only 5 days. But back to the Christmas tree, my favorite part. I'm not sure how this tradition started, but every year each of us children get an ornament, and yep we have one from age zero to now. Christmas decorating starts by getting everyone together, starting the Christmas music playing, and putting the hot chocolate on the stove. For many years, the one thing we could count on was our youngest sister crying at some point during the decorating. Unfortunately, she is growing out of that, so Katelyn and I will probably no longer take bets on how long before she loses it.
It all starts with 1988, the year Katelyn was born. She places her first 2 ornaments until the glorious year of 1990 when I arrived on the scene and the world changed for the better. We continue through the years, mom handing us the ornaments one by one til we get to Josh and finally Cassaundra. Oldest to youngest, year by year. We fight for the best positions on the tree, and by the time we get to the current year, there is absolutely no room for another ornament. I guess it's a good thing that Katelyn and I are getting ready to officially move out - our tree can't handle many more additions to the ornament collection. And probably Cassaundra's ornaments deserve a little bit of time at the front of the tree :) But for now, we're just enjoying the naked fake tree.
It all starts with 1988, the year Katelyn was born. She places her first 2 ornaments until the glorious year of 1990 when I arrived on the scene and the world changed for the better. We continue through the years, mom handing us the ornaments one by one til we get to Josh and finally Cassaundra. Oldest to youngest, year by year. We fight for the best positions on the tree, and by the time we get to the current year, there is absolutely no room for another ornament. I guess it's a good thing that Katelyn and I are getting ready to officially move out - our tree can't handle many more additions to the ornament collection. And probably Cassaundra's ornaments deserve a little bit of time at the front of the tree :) But for now, we're just enjoying the naked fake tree.
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