Christmas Decorating!

Christmas is finally here and Luke and I are excited for our first Christmas together as a married couple. The day after Thanksgiving we went out and bought Christmas tree decorations and lights. Later that night we went out and got a little Christmas tree. I was especially excited to get a real tree this year since my mom stopped buying real ones when I was about five.  I love the way it smells!

Here is our little tree with a scary looking angel on top, which I was inspired to buy because of my dad. My mom and dad bought a 75 cent angel for their tree when they were first married. My dad is very sentimental and refused to ever get rid of it. So 30 + years later my parents are still putting that raggedy looking angel on the top of the tree. I figure this can be that scary angel on top of the tree for my kids. 

 

In order to fit the tree in our small apartment we had to do some rearranging. Here are some before and after shots:

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I really like the new arrangement. I think we'll keep it this way even after the tree is gone. What do you think?