So...we were so excited (at least I was!) about our "first Christmas" that as soon as we got back from California, I made Nate rush out and buy a Christmas tree. Trying to save money, we bought it at Walmart. This was not a good idea. 20 days later we were taking down the tree, amid a shower of needles (which it had been shedding in abundance with the slightest touch for a week and a half). The sad part about taking down the tree?--It was Christmas Eve!!
Literally, there was a pile of needles so deep under the tree that we were scooping them up with the dustpan and throwing them away. Some of the presents were buried!
