O Tannenbaum

YES! We have a tree! We got the tree (artificial) and lights and plastic colored globes to hang (using paperclips, cause they don't actually sell the hangars) at the local Marjane (like a wallmart) for about $25usd. We are also constantly listening to "Christmas music 24/7" through our iTunes online radio selection. And the weather outside isn't frightful - but is cool enough that our neighbors have even started burning fires in their fireplaces. (Unfortunately there is no concept of a chimeny flu here so without them the wind comes along and sweeps their smoke down ours and into our house... currently we have a cardboard box stuffed up our chimeny to help prevent loss of heat and to stop the smoke.)

Merry Christmas to all (P.S. the big painting is still being stored at NFC if anyone at VFFC wants to reclaim it and hang it - you are welcome to.)