I miss our Christmas tree a little bit this year. It would sure feel more festive here at home to have our tree up and decorated again... Our Cooper cat, who is barely two years old would certainly ruin our tree, were we reckless enough to put it up this year, though. In the interest of retaining all our lovely and meaningful ornaments - and our sanity - we'll keep it in storage for at least another year.
A few years ago when Desi was young we were awakened several times in the wee hours of the morning to the startling sounds of her trying to climb the tree, and the resulting tinkling of ornaments and crashing of glass! Young parents learn from experience...
One of these years we'll have a household full of lazy old kitties who won't try to scale the intruding pine, or play hockey with our ornaments. Then we'll be able to decorate and enjoy a proper Christmas tree again...
For now, thank goodness I took photos of Christmases past...(And thank goodness we replaced those horrible drapes with spiffy vertical blinds many years ago!)
Christmas is all about reminiscing anyway, right?
