Now you have to understand the tradition that goes on here--you see we have had this tree for 46 years -we got it when we first were married and it has been there every year but one -when we thought we would have a real tree-but that only happened once because it gave both my husband and son hay fever.
My family call the tree "Annorexia" because it looks half starved before you decorate it-at the time when we brought it they were all like this.
If you click on the picture you will be able to see the skinny branches but once we laden it down with all the tinsel and baubles it looks much better.
Here is a photo of Ebony putting the final touches onto it.
So here we go with what has to go onto this tree- as well as the lights and tinsel---there is a box of baubles
Then there are the golden musical instruments we brought in Singapore about 13 years ago--can't leave them off can we.
Oh and there are these plastic bells--there were 12 of them 46 years ago but alas only 4 have survived all the house moving(6 times) that has gone on since they first adorned this magnificent tree.
But wait there's more---some hand made felt decorations that I made 30 years ago--they have to go on the tree because Ebony loves them..
Next we have Santas---These don't go on the tree but they sit under the tree and are scattered around the room-------there are 4 more small ones that do hang on the tree and if you look hard enough you will see one near the bottom of Ebony's shirt--oh and please excuse her dirty school shirt-guess who has to wash it.
Now we have Angels --only one can sit on the top of the tree and it has to be the one in the top left hand corner because it's the only one that will fit properly-how many Angels does one tree need--all of them of course because they get scattered around on and under the tree.
And what about this snowman --he is made from wadding and he has a tin underneath to support him-my sister made him for me over twenty years ago --how sick is that--we don't even have snow here at Christmas.
You really have to be crazy to go through this ritual every year but my family expect to see "Annorexia" in all her finery when they come for dinner on Christmas Day.
Oh and there are these plastic bells--there were 12 of them 46 years ago but alas only 4 have survived all the house moving(6 times) that has gone on since they first adorned this magnificent tree.
But wait there's more---some hand made felt decorations that I made 30 years ago--they have to go on the tree because Ebony loves them..
Next we have Santas---These don't go on the tree but they sit under the tree and are scattered around the room-------there are 4 more small ones that do hang on the tree and if you look hard enough you will see one near the bottom of Ebony's shirt--oh and please excuse her dirty school shirt-guess who has to wash it.
Now we have Angels --only one can sit on the top of the tree and it has to be the one in the top left hand corner because it's the only one that will fit properly-how many Angels does one tree need--all of them of course because they get scattered around on and under the tree.
And what about this snowman --he is made from wadding and he has a tin underneath to support him-my sister made him for me over twenty years ago --how sick is that--we don't even have snow here at Christmas.
You really have to be crazy to go through this ritual every year but my family expect to see "Annorexia" in all her finery when they come for dinner on Christmas Day.
Does anyone else out in blogland hoard there Christmas stuff like me?
I doubt it.
