A Charlie Brown Christmas Tree

New thing of the day, put together our first Christmas Tree - a Charlie Brown Christmas Tree!

My sister said she saw it at Borders, so the husband and I went to check it out. We had our first Christmas as newlyweds last year, but we were living with family and the house and decorations weren't really ours. This year, it's our first Christmas in our first condo/home. I've been feeling super super festive and excited about everything. All year we've been picking out our own furniture, wall colors and building our home and our lives together :) Now we get to create our first holidays and Christmas season traditions. We also met during a Christmas party, so the holidays are extra special to us. Anyway this Christmas season, feels like our first. 

So, in our spirit of non-conventional and attempt at non-materialistic minimalist living (with our small place), we were debating about Christmas trees. I wanted to buy a large living tree and wrap Christmas lights around it and keep the tree in our house year round. We were looking at plants and debating if we should get a small fake tree instead, or just shopping and thinking of different ideas. Then, the perfect solution, a Charlie Brown Christmas tree. 

It's sad and wimpy, but that's the charm of it. We were standing in line at Borders and a woman commented on our tree saying "Wow is that really a Charlie Brown Christmas tree? That's great! It's sort of appropriate and a sign of the times these days". We agreed. Although I still love the large Christmas trees and the lights and all the ornaments, it's just not our style and not really in the budget. It's kind of a pain to put up and take down, and we don't have room to store a fake one. I was a fan of wrapping lights around one of our living plants/trees in the house, because it's sort of like, unique and sustainable I suppose, saving space and decorating something living instead of fake or dying. 

Anyway, we love our little Charlie Brown tree. It's small, compact, and we'll probably take it with us up north when we visit with family. My mother's side is meeting up in a hotel suite for the festivities - so we'll bring it there and have our own little piece of Christmas. Best of all, it stores small and has very little environmental impact. 

I still have to watch the Charlie Brown Christmas - it's on my Netflix queue. 

Anyway - the tree came with directions, really not necessary but funny if you needed these to put the thing together. Anywhoo, Merry Christmas everyone! :)