and so the holiday decorating begins!

well it's finally the holiday season, and my mother brought all the home decor down from the attic. My sister and my job is usually decorating the artifical Christmas tree and it's a huge tree. My mom will want every single ornament on that damn tree. She was complaining how my Dad doesn't have any holiday spirit and now I can see why, I'm no 'bah-humbug' myself but seriously, is it really necessary to cover every branch with every ornament that we own? I guess it's not that bad, my mom actually threw out some of the older stuff we had. I understand the true meaning of Christmas, it's not about the presents (although they are a nice addition) it's spending time with family and friends and understanding that we have each other to lean back on when times are difficult. Now I understand why one of my cousins is all psyched she was all excited before Thanksgiving even started haha.