The 12 Days of Christmas - J2 style - Day Four

[agt_spooky]

Oops, almost forgot to post this today! More Christmas boys!


The hubby and I finally got our Christmas tree up last night. (for those of you confused by my last post about Hanukkah, John is Jewish and I'm not, so we get twice the celebrations!) Actually, it's not our tree. We're borrowing it from my friend at work. Sounds bizarre, doesn't it? :-) See, for the last nine years, John and I lived in a place that had vaulted ceilings in the living room. And my Jewish husband wanted the biggest artificial tree he could find. [shakes head] So we have a twelve foot pre-lit tree. Only problem is, now that we're in our new house, we don't have vaulted ceilings anymore, so the tree won't fit in the living room. [sigh]

We were talking about decorating at work the other day and I mentioned that our tree won't fit anymore and that we don't have the money right now to go buy a smaller one. My friend that sits next to me bought a new, bigger tree this year, so her smaller one was just sitting in a box in her garage, so she offered to loan it to John and I this year. Yay! So now we've got a borrowed tree. :-)

It's only six feet tall so it looks SO tiny compared to what we're used to and we got it decorated in a third of the time it usually took us. But at least we've got a tree, and after Christmas we'll see if we can get a new one for ourselves when they all go on sale. :-)

This weekend - gift wrapping time!

Comments

[tracys-dream.livejournal.com]

That's a lovely pics!
You used to have a 12ft tree? I don't think I've ever seen a 12ft tree! Lol!
A 6ft one sounds more like one I would have. Mine is 5ft, the same height as me, lol!

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

Our 12 ft. tree is totally crazy, but it really looks beautiful. Using a ladder to decorate it was a pain, though! LOL!

I could pick this one up with one hand and turn it around to decorate it!

[dairwendan.livejournal.com]

I love these! Great Job!

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

Aww, thanks, sweetie! I have one last one to post with the boys tomorrow. :-)

aaahh

[winchesterwoman.livejournal.com]

so, he being jewish, he does not have problem with celebrate christmas? I ask you that, because what I know is that the jewish people tend to no tolerate some things. well, it was I have been seen here in my country, where we have so much jewish people and what the people have in mind about them is "jewish: selfish,despot and just find to earn money in anything". I had a friend that was jewish and he was cool, but just that part of get earn money with anything and selling you things so much expensive when they were so cheaper. and well I know that there are different kind of jewish, the ortodox those ones who don´t walk, and turn on electronics and don´t eat cream with chicken etc. and those ones who wear that hat. and those ones that just they called jewish but don´t do a thing of their religion. so how relax is your husband about it?

Re: aaahh

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

No, my husband does not have a problem with Christmas. He quite enjoys it, in fact, since he's been married to me. Nor is he anything like the stereotype you just described. He tries to observe Kosher but he's not Orthodox.

That´s Good

[winchesterwoman.livejournal.com]

that he is moderated, because that orhodox maybe can get a migraine with all their rules

[moonlit-violets.livejournal.com]

All of these are simply wonderful! I've sent a copy each to my cellphone to use as my holiday backgrounds this year. More of the boys, squee! Making my Christmas Very Merry!

you!

p.s. If you don't mind, could you point me toward the post you found the frames in becuase I would love to use a few to make some personal cards to post at friends'/family's sites. Thanks.

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

All of these are simply wonderful! I've sent a copy each to my cellphone to use as my holiday backgrounds this year.

Oh wow, I'm glad you've enjoyed them so much! I'll have one final one to post tomorrow. :-)

I went back to deanvica's post and it's flocked, but here are the links to the backgrounds:
http://pics.livejournal.com/deanvica23/pic/001yk56b/
http://pics.livejournal.com/deanvica23/pic/001ypb48/
http://pics.livejournal.com/deanvica23/pic/001yqdgb/
http://pics.livejournal.com/deanvica23/pic/001yre75/
http://pics.livejournal.com/deanvica23/pic/001ys0z4/
http://pics.livejournal.com/deanvica23/pic/001ytf9p/

Have fun with them!

[moonlit-violets.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for the links. I went to deanvica's site before asking for you help and couldn't find them. Now I know why. Silly me.

Can't wait to see your last pic!

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! Hope you have fun with the backgrounds. :-)

Posted my last one today!

[lausbub0402.livejournal.com]

Hey there,we just came back from the "Weihnachtsmarkt" (christmas market?)where we got our 6 ft christmas tree and a couple glasses of "Glühwein" (hot red wine with special ingredients-very tasty!Dunno if you have something like that in the US as well?).It is pretty cold but we are still waiting for the first snow this winter.Someone promised me to send some snow over so I am looking forward to a white christmas this year ... LOL
Well the tree will stay in our backyard till December 24th and then we will decorate it all together. I can hardly imagine how to decorate a 12 ft tree but it must look really good.I am sure the smaller one looks pretty nice too and fits perfectly into your house.
Hope you have a great time and thanks for those awesome J2 christmas cards ;o)

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

Oh, we have a Kristkindlmarkt in downtown Chicago like that! The mulled wine IS great, isn't it? And I'll have you know I got a new wooden Christmas tree for my office desk there last year that was hand carved in Germany. :-) I'll have to take a picture of it for you.

We're getting more snow this week, so I'll be sure to box some up and send it over! :-)

Decorating your tree on the 24th is a great tradition. You'll have to take a pic of it and post it in your LJ!

Our 12 ft. tree was totally crazy, but it looked really beautiful when it was done. Decorating it with a ladder wasn't fun, though!

[lausbub0402.livejournal.com]

Wow you have a "Christkindlmarkt" in Chicago and they even sell stuff from Germany there? That's awesome! Now that I think about it,I have been to a market like that during my year in Philly,but that was nearly 20 years ago ;o)
I just love it when it's really cold,you drink the mulled wine,have all those nice smells in the air,the beautiful lights,the music...it just makes the christmas season so special.
And guess what - today we had the very first snow this winter,yeah! It was not enough to last long but there is hope for more and a white christmas!
Yep,decorating the christmas tree is always a lot of fun for the whole family and I promise to put a pic of it in my LJ.
I can imagine that decorating the tree with a ladder is not much fun but I'm sure it looked fantastic! Love the 6 ft. tree with the train around it though.

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

Wow you have a "Christkindlmarkt" in Chicago and they even sell stuff from Germany there? That's awesome!

Yep! It's hugely popular and has been going on for many years. It's right in the heart of downtown Chicago, where our HUGE Christmas tree stands, so it's nice to have the tree surrounded by all of these booths and people milling about.

I took a pic of my German tree that I'll post on LJ so you can see. :-)

I just love it when it's really cold,you drink the mulled wine,have all those nice smells in the air,the beautiful lights,the music...it just makes the christmas season so special.

Yes! That's exactly what it's like! I went last year with my best friend Chris and the temperature that evening was perfect. Cold, but not absolutely freezing and the mulled wine tasted SO good. :-)

And guess what - today we had the very first snow this winter,yeah! It was not enough to last long but there is hope for more and a white christmas!

Does that mean I don't have to ship any over to you? *g*

[amber3444.livejournal.com]

Congratulations with the X-mas tree! And J2 card is so lovely!!!

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! I'll be posting one last J2 Christmas card tomorrow. :-)