Merry Christmas

I may not be a religious person, but I absolutely love Christmastime. I try to stick to saying stuff like "Happy Holidays" and "Season's Greetings," but I'm totally okay with all things Christmas.

So in deference to that, we got our very first Christmas tree together. I've always had one growing up, but never thought to get my own. I found a 4.5 foot tall, fake, pre-lit tree. It's tacky Christmas commercialism at its best, and yet it's this soothing, pretty thing in the living room.

Husband assembling the fake tree:

The tree in its entirety. We have a grand total of 5 ornaments now.

I thought it was important to get a pic of the both of us with the tree, but we never figured out how to do the self-timer or self-portrait thingy: