A Charlie Brown Christmas Tree

We FINALLY were able to put our Christmas tree in our living room last night! Kevin and I decided to do a living Christmas tree this year that we could then plant in our yard after Christmas because we currently have no trees in our yard. We discovered that they are only good in houses for a little less than a week. So, it was super exciting last night when we finally brought the tree in to decorate.


Ok, I realize this tree does NOT look like a traditional Christmas tree. While we were at the nursery, we were pricing living evergreens (starting in the mid 150's). We knew that we would be putting an evergreen in our backyard, and the salesperson we were working with suggested a deciduous tree that we would put in our front yard. We rolled our eyes for a minute, and then the idea started sounding better. If we were to spend that amount of money, we might as well get a tree that we REALLY wanted for our yard. We decided that a memory of a Charlie Brown Christmas tree might be fun for our first Christmas as a married couple. So, here is our Autumn Blaze maple in all of its glory!

The stockings were hung on the chimney with care...

I had to get a bit creative with some of my favorite ornaments (they match some of our china accent plates!) since our tree was obviously not able to handle them all.
Our bear family watching for snoops!
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!