When I'd realized that I HATE putting up and taking down a live Christmas tree, I'd stopped doing it. We put up Christmas lights around the entrance to each room, I'd taken my favorite ornaments and made two ornament trees from stands shaped like a Christmas tree, and put up a real evergreen wreath with a bow on it in the hopes it has that wonderful smell.

I do occasionally miss the "real thing", but come New Year's Day when it all comes down, I am sooo grateful it never went up!

Merry Christmas, all!