Holiday time

[captpackrat]

For dinner today, I made a turkey breast (a full turkey is just too much food), corn, green beans and carrots, sweet potato fries, cranberry sauce (made with whole cranberries) and a spring mix salad. Then we watched 'Twas the Night Before Christmas and Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol.

Then I started setting up the Christmas tree. This is the first tree we've had in quite a few years and the first one that I've ever decorated myself. I bought a 7-1/2 foot artificial tree, which unfortunately turned out to be slightly too tall for the living room; I had to leave off the lighted star that I bought for the top. All the lights are LED, and while most of the ornaments are fairly generic (balls and snowflakes and such), I also bought a handful of special ornaments representing myself and my roommates.

I ended up spending so much on the tree and decorations that I won't be able to buy any Christmas presents this year. :-P

I just hope the dogs don't end up eating, whizzing on or otherwise destroying the tree.

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[mondhasen.livejournal.com]

I remember Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol from my childhood... odd little memory as it's not the finest of productions. All that jingle-jingle and razzle-berry dressing singing. I got a copy of it a year or two ago as part of a set of Xmas specials :o))

I just hope the dogs don't end up eating, whizzing on or otherwise destroying the tree.

Beware of tinsel! We had to stop with the tinsel because the dogs would get into it. Also, we secure our tree with a wire so that the dogs and children (is that redundant?) won't pull it down.