But with dear Smarty Pants worrying that Santa wouldn't stop by our house because we don't have a Christmas tree, let alone a single Christmas decoration, I put aside my unpacking to set up some Christmas Cheer. Can't disappoint Santa, yah know??
Hmmm... the tree didn't hit the ceiling at our old house. Oh well, at least it's skinny enough to tuck beside the couch which makes it less of a target for Happy Vee, our ornament stealing bandit. It's okay if we only used 1/4 of our ornaments, right? Because the other 3/4's are M.I.A. and I have a better chance of finding them next Christmas.
It really was the perfect tree for our old house though. Tall enough to fill the nook of our semi-circular staircase and thin enough not to block the hallway. Maybe one day we can "gift" it to the new owners. See, it fit the old house perfectly...
Usually, I display our Christmas Cards in a more artistic manner, but they definitely warmed up our lean & mean, bare mantle...
Next year I'm going to recreate the "ribbon on the door" Christmas card display of years past...
Yep, so that was it for our Christmas decor this year. Kinda minimal, but it pleased our Christmas-lovin' preschooler and put us in the right spirit of the holidays. I have to say, though, it was awesome being able to clean up everything in less than an hour-- maybe there is something to this "minimalism" stuff.