We finished our simple Thanksgiving meal, the Packer game was over and it was time for Gary to go into action. He set up the big tree in the dining room and started adding the lights until we found out two strings no longer worked. We'll pick up more lights late tomorrow afternoon after the Black Friday nonsense is over. Then I'll hang the ornaments, six decades worth of treasures.
Gary dug out two more trees, small fiber optics, and put one in my office and one in his.
Yet to come, the tree in the living room, plus six trees on the front deck.
We weren't done yet. I put the Christmas wreath on the front door. The wreath for the cemetery requires a new ribbon but it will be out there by the weekend. Gary decorated the mirror at the top of the stairs. Soon all the other mirrors in the house will have the same treatment.
All the lights are on timers to save on electricity, most of the lights are LED and of course, with all of this light show, our household lights are mostly off. There is never any surge in our electric bills during the holidays.
I don't expect Gary to be done until just before my Solstice party. At that point, we'll be totally tacky, but who cares! It's Christmas!
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