Christmas Tree

Jared and I purchased our real Christmas tree pretty late this year -- a week before Christmas. We usually cut it down or buy it during the second weekend of December, but this month has been quite hectic for both of us. This year was a new experience for us for another reason too. We purchased the tree from the trees in the Kohl's parking lot, sold to us by an interesting older man. :) We also finally managed to pick a tree that fit perfectly in our living room. Each year we seem to pick a "small" tree, but once inside, it's too big! Well, this year -- it's perfect!

Radio City Christmas Spectacular!

I know this is not a food related blog, but I wanted to share pictures from our NYC trip to see the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Jared and I have never seen the show before, so it was very special for us. We went as "chaperone's" for my job, so the entire trip (bus and tickets) were free for us!

The beautiful tree in Rockefeller Center

Celebrating 75 years!

Jared and I in front of the Christmas balls and Radio City

The red Christmas balls!

One of the opening acts with Santa!

The Rockettes!

The live Nativity Scene

The finale!

The trip was quite an experience, and if you have never been, I definitely recommend making a trip to NYC during the holiday season to see the show!!!

Oh (fake) Christmas Tree!

Christmas is a time for sharing, and like many of my blogging friends, I decided to post a picture of our 6' fake Christmas tree, tree #1 of 3, sharing our home with yours. We decided this year to put the tree in our bedroom. Our real tree will be placed in the window of our living room. Each year, the hardest part is deciding which ornaments to put on the real and fake tree. As you can tell, we have a great start on our Christmas shopping too!

I will post a picture of our real tree after we pick one out and decorate it with our ornaments!