It’s beginning to look a lot like christmas

I just love having a real Christmas tree at home. The trip out to choose the one you want to take home, trying to fit it in the car, then deciding on just the right way for it to stand. We had bought a log sawn in half, with a hole drilled into it for a stand. It really is the best tree stand we’ve ever had. It lays flat on the floor, and then the tree trunk just slots into the hole. Brian used a few little bits of wood wedged into the hole just to ensure it was straight.

Before long we were winding the lights round and deciding which decorations to hang up.

We like to go with lots of little delicate white lights, then plenty of colour from hanging lots of different baubles and tree decorations, I’m always pleased with how gorgeous it looks when we’ve finished. It always makes me smile.

Over the years we have collected Xmas decorations from all over the world on our travels, just little reminders of wonderful holidays. We have some from India, Nepal, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, the Alsace and some very special homemade ones which our friend gave us one year.