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Monday, December 31, 2007
Sunday, December 02, 2007
Palm Tree Christmas
We've spent the past two weekends decorating the exterior and interior of the house for Christmas.
In shorts and t-shirts.
How odd, huh?
It is very strange to sweat while wrapping colorful lights around the base of a palm tree. The typical M.O. of Florida yards is to put out every single light that can be obtained at Lowe's, add a dash of inflatable Snowman, and of course, dig out the plastic Santa. Our neighborhood yards look like Christmas threw up.
I think Floridians try to make up for the lack of snow with an abundance of decorations. And we are slowing getting sucked into that mentally... we found some spare lights today, so we hastily put them around the doorway, just in case our across-the-street neighbor wasn't impressed yet.
Seriously, it is such a great feeling to finally decorate for the season. For the past decade we've gone out of town, so it hasn't made sense to buy a tree and put up lights. This year, the Caulk household is Christmas Central. My folks are coming down from Arkie, my aunt from the middle of Illinois, and hopefully Jason's parents as well. My sister, her husband, three kids and dog may also make the trip from Ft. Lauderdale. It will be a completely full household, and I can't think of a better way to spend Christmas.
I'm sure we'll post pictures of the lighted masterpiece that is our house soon.
Love to ya'll,
Michelle
In shorts and t-shirts.
How odd, huh?
It is very strange to sweat while wrapping colorful lights around the base of a palm tree. The typical M.O. of Florida yards is to put out every single light that can be obtained at Lowe's, add a dash of inflatable Snowman, and of course, dig out the plastic Santa. Our neighborhood yards look like Christmas threw up.
I think Floridians try to make up for the lack of snow with an abundance of decorations. And we are slowing getting sucked into that mentally... we found some spare lights today, so we hastily put them around the doorway, just in case our across-the-street neighbor wasn't impressed yet.
Seriously, it is such a great feeling to finally decorate for the season. For the past decade we've gone out of town, so it hasn't made sense to buy a tree and put up lights. This year, the Caulk household is Christmas Central. My folks are coming down from Arkie, my aunt from the middle of Illinois, and hopefully Jason's parents as well. My sister, her husband, three kids and dog may also make the trip from Ft. Lauderdale. It will be a completely full household, and I can't think of a better way to spend Christmas.
I'm sure we'll post pictures of the lighted masterpiece that is our house soon.
Love to ya'll,
Michelle
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