A record of Silver Christmas Tree

It is December 1st, which means the calendar has given us full permission to get our Merry Christmas on- or at least get things began. So we kicked things off last Sunday by putting up our artificial (reusable?) Christmas tree. It has yet to be fully decorated with ornaments, but if you wanna dive head first into the holidays with us, here is a swift little video that captures the process (broken strand of lights and all) and hopefully drums up a little taste of seasonal spirit in the process.

And while we do our best to give all of you sneak-a-peek-at-work readers a non-video version to enjoy, there is not much to say or show this time by the way of a photo rundown. In short we put up our tree (after a couple failed attempts at figuring out which part was the bottom), threw down two sheepskin rugs as a tree skirt and plugged the tree in only to discover a section of lights was out. Sigh. But it is all in fast motion with a bit of holiday music so it is somehow still cheerful and lively. Oh and Sherry’s baby belly is clearly visible so that might be exciting for some of you bump watchers out there.

In the good news department: we have since fixed our little tree-lighting issue. The better news: we will have more pictures (and a sequel video) to share once it gets all ornamentified. Simply gotta hunt down (or create) a few more in a certain hard-to-find color first (Sherry’s all about a punchy new scheme this year so stay tuned for that).

But what about you folks. Has anyone else began their holiday decorating yet? We were amazed to see tons of homes that were already fully decked out with lights along the roof and around the porch and a giant tree glowing in the window simply the day after Thanksgiving. We are starting a bit more slowly- but fear not, we will pick up steam in the coming weeks and share all the lively along the way. After all, ’tis the season…

Update: You can check out all of our go-to holiday decor finds here – many of which are under $15!