Instructions For the Christmas Tree

It always surprises me how soon Christmas follows on the heels of Thanksgiving. I was always excited for Thanksgiving while I was in school because it meant that Christmas break was not far away. Now I feel the same way because in a week I'll be coming home for "Christmas break."

Everyone was excited when we turned on the Christmas music, hauled out the Christmas boxes from the garage, and started putting up the Christmas decorations. Everything was going well until we got to the tree. Being from Oregon, the land of the Christmas tree farms, I've never before attempted to put up an artificial tree. I thought they came all in one piece and all you had to do was stand it up where you wanted it. It has screws?! After unwrapping and laying out the pieces, I was at a complete loss. Since I'm not a guy, I'm not opposed to searching for and following the directions. :-) However with this tree, there were no instructions to be found. Maggie came to my rescue and together we built the base and stood the Christmas tree on it, one section at a time. Not bad. It was a little crooked, but Darren fixed it when he got home. Now, decorated with lights and ornaments, it looks wonderful!!