Our Tree is Up!

I love decorating the house for Christmas. Dave likes it much less :-) We put the tree up yesterday and decorated it this morning.  I also fixed up the mantle with our stockings.  I get such a kick out of our fireplace (which has never been used by us), but it looks great at Christmas-time. I have some gifts wrapped and placed under the tree and the Nativity is set up in the bay window.  I look forward to a time when our child "helps" put up the tree.  Christmas is a magical time, and who couldn't use a little magic? ;-)