The Christmas Tree

It was a Christmas miracle. We had no idea where to go to find a real Christmas tree so we pulled out of our garage and I saw a string of bulbs glowing through the Metro tunnel behind our house. That could only mean one thing: a tree lot.

We drove over to look at what was left so late in the season and saw only a few were available. The sale was put on by the Alexandria Police Department to raise money for their youth camp. The cop who was running the lot came over to greet us an said that all the 8+ foot tall trees were 50% off. He said that no one wanted them and that he would be stuck with them. He also said that few people had a ceiling high enough to accommodate such a big tree. Having just moved into a townhouse with 12' ceilings, when took it as a sign and agreed to take one of the monsters off the lot for him.

When we brought it home, Finn was a little confused. He was also a little sad that it wasn't as pretty as the other trees in the neighborhood.

Luckily we had a bunch of boxes of Christmas decorations that could be used to fix the situation. Although Sarah was pretty sick, her mom and I were able to make the prettiest tree in all of Virginia. After it was decorated Finn looked a lot less sad.

So the stage was set for a great Christmas. The tree's wide branches provided plenty of room for all the presents that would assembly Christmas Eve. Sarah got better after a day. The only hiccup was that the bottom string of lights had the front half stop working soon after we put them on. However, that was only 1/16th of the 800 lights on the tree. It couldn't ruin Christmas.