before and after

Here is our tree.
Having stood bare since Saturday, with all it's potential, we were finally in the flat for an evening together and went at it. I got my way and the purple tinsel stayed in the box. The rest of the the tinsel and the lights, and the ornaments, all came out and our poor tree is looking a bit tired already.

Saying that, it's the way we do it.
Some of our ornaments have a real history to them, and I'm looking forward to our wee boy using these tree decorations in 13 years time and associating them with how it always is at christmas, just like I did with our tree at home.

I've a feeling a couple of tree decs will appear in future blips...