Christmas is here at home

It was fun getting the decorations up yesterday and I'm glad we've always tried to keep Christmas quite simple since it was always a busy time of year teaching. And yet so many of our decorations are things we've picked up travelling or from from friends so they have a lot of meaning for us. I love our new little tree (our last one bit the dust in Vancouver while we were trying to stuff it fully decorated into our storage locker). This one is a little bigger and just perfect for our smallish living room but should store nicely in the basement all decorated for next year.

My new decoration this year is a peacock and I've placed it at the top of the tree. I like to change what I put there. Elaine wasn't too impressed with the mouse I put there one year...