This past weekend, Tony and I had a golden day off together. We enjoyed our special time traveling around San Antonio, taking advantage of the many Black Friday Weekend deals. In the process, we found some additions for our growing Christmas collection. Bringing home our new finds, we gained some motivation to put our house back together from Thanksgiving and decorate for the holiday season.
Tony and I continued our yearly traditions... dancing to Christmas music, burning our balsam scented candle (to give our artificial tree that "real" feel without all of the pine needles), and drinking hot chocolate... all the while finding the perfect places for our decorations.
It was fun blending a little bit of the old...
... with the new.
And, we were pretty satisfied with the final effect.
We ended the day with one of our favorite parts of decorating... hiding the pickle! As a kid, Santa would hide the pickle for my sisters and I to find. The first to discover the pickle would win the coveted opportunity to open an extra Christmas present! The gift would be shared among the sisters, but finding the pickle was kind of a BIG DEAL to us as kids. Tony and I have made our own adaptation to this over the years, as we will hide the pickle for each other to find over and over again throughout the Christmas season.
Tony kicked off the tradition with this...
I think he will have to step up his game. I may be pregnant, but my vision hasn't deteriorated THAT much.
Overall, I would have to say that 2012 is our best decorating year yet!
We have come a long way from the single miniature tree we had in our first apartment. And, it is just in time for our first child... whom will surely destroy our comfort level with anything fragile, but will bring us new joys for the holiday season.
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