I put up the Christmas tree this morning, aided by a pot of coffee and Trans Siberian Orchestra cranked up on the stereo. I’m still not feeling like Christmas, but the Christmas Spirit has a lot of muck to wade through to get to me this year.
The tree is a fake. When I bought it, I rigged the lights so that I can pull the tree apart for storage without removing the lights. (Yes, I know they make them that way now, but I couldn’t afford one of those that year.) During the other 11 months of the year, it resides in a big green body bag in the basement. Next year I might get a real tree again. I haven’t had one in about five years — not since I left one up until my birthday in February, then watched its carcass rot on the porch until my landlady issued an ultimatum in late March.
Of the two large tubs of ornaments and holiday knick knacks I’ve collected over the years, only the same handful of red and gold stars and hearts make it onto the tree each year. I added a dozen new ones to the mix from last year’s clearance sales, along with a real tree skirt and matching tablecloth. Now that it’s up, I think I need some burgundy garland and place mats.
This evening I’ll join some friends for potluck and A Muppet Christmas video. It will be a good thing. I feel isolated at home alone all the time.
jimmy_hollaman
December 5, 2005 at 1:59amA muppet christmas or a muppet christmas carol. if its the remake of its a wonderful life please take note the fact scooter is in leather at the rave, It reminds me a lot of robin.
allisonstein
December 8, 2005 at 5:59pmIt was the one with the Muppet Show muppets and the Sesame Street muppets at Rolf’s mother’s farmhouse, with a portal to Fraggle Rock in the the basement….
But now that you’ve put that image in my head of Scooter/Robin, I’m going to have to go find that version just because….
mckitterick
December 5, 2005 at 10:05pmHey, I got a fake tree this year, too – my first in many years. I miss the real ones, but no real point this year.
Mine came from Target, has swirling fiber-optic lights. Heh.
allisonstein
December 8, 2005 at 6:00pmSpiffy. I’m hoping that next year, the LED string-o-lights will be generally available. Cooler, brighter, less fragile — gotta love ’em.
mckitterick
December 8, 2005 at 6:43pmSay, Target (again) has loads of those! I’m not sure what I think of them, though, because they look… I dunno, fake but trying to look traditional. My little fiber-optic tree? Nothing traditional about it.
Chris
allisonstein
December 8, 2005 at 8:08pmTarget? Really? Must go look…. just as soon as the streets thaw….