So it was suggested last week that I may want to pick up a tree stand, you know, just in case! I tried to act cool about it but truth be told, the next day I walked up to Lee Valley first thing and found the most kick ass stand they had anticipating what was coming.
Needless to say Rob did not disappoint. He arrived home with a stunning Douglas Fir. All we needed to do was trim the bottom and place it in our stand, if only it was that easy. Turns out we only had a dull metal blade on our hand saw (oops, that was me from my drapery days) so the very simple cut was quite the effort. All I could do to help was ensure that Rob's beer was topped up. Once finished and raised we cut the strings and opened up our first live tree and stood back to admire.
Friday night was our night to trim the tree so we invited our neighbour Mtoki over for some Christmas cheer. Once the beers (and grapefruit pelligrino) were opened we naturally started on the lights. Well, seems like they did not want to cooperate and not a single strand light up. After some jiggling of the bulbs and shaking of the strands we realised that it was not going to happen, no problem! Motoki generously offered his set and ran off to get them for us. What a guy.
Lights up, decorations on and a mini scotch tasting (and more pelligrino) made for a very fun evening.
We are really looking forward to doing this all again next year with Pip and starting some great family traditions.
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