What do you have for the holidays----real tree, fake tree, or none. We had fake trees.

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44. We have a dilapidated but much loved 45 year old table tree dad gave to mom.

It's got those things that change color but most of the tree is green, so looks like a real tree. We've had to repair it each year for many years now, but with all the memories - we just can't get rid of it. Dad didn't buy mom lots of things, especially he rarely ever surprised her. This was one of the rare surprises my sister and I didn't take care of and he did it all himself. He didn't even tell us! He was so proud and mom was so extremely happy. She LOVED Christmas and every part of it and he knew that and honored it in the best possible way. Just can't get rid of it.

So last year I found a set of 12 handpainted ornaments for the "12 Days of Christmas". Dad and I loved that song and would sing it often around Christmas, so I felt really good buying them from the estate sale and now decorating mom's little tree with them. It looks so much better and is even more meaningful. It looks great in the big bay window of our new house. The big tree is in a corner of the room behind the window and it too shows up and looks great from outside. Happy with how our decorations went into the new house.