The Smaller Christmas Tree

Part of the remodel of the kitchen was to move the table, two sideboards, and corner cabinet into what was always designed to be the dining nook of the front room. Doing that, however, meant moving the love seat to under the front window and that arrangement is fine and has worked well. What I didn’t think about though was that would encroach upon the spot where we usually put the Christmas tree. Plus, I’ve got plants on the window ledge where I used to put some holiday figurines. Finding a place to temporarily move the plants is really more trouble than I want to go to, so our household decorations this year are fewer than before.

When hubby went to get the tree he took the smaller space into account and picked out a tree that fits well, but it is obviously smaller than in the past and I’m not one to bunch ornaments together too tightly. We’ve always had a lot of ocean-themed ornaments to include whimsical ones such as a scuba-diving Santa. I decided to focus on those and then fill in the remaining spots with others, making sure of course that we have a Nutcracker ornament in honor of all the Nutcrackers that our son has danced in (and will continue to for another few years). We managed to add to our wreath collection though and the ones we picked up are fairly large and quite festive. It all come together for a cheery look even if the tree isn’t as big as it was before. Oh, we don’t have odd blue lights on the tree – there was an extra reflection when I snapped the photo.