The stages of Christmas

Oh Christmas Tree! Oh Christmas Tree! Finally you're finished.

Day 1 of Christmas tree decorating

Day 2...Viola!

It only took 2 days of putting this tree together to finish. And although we finished on Saturday, it's only taken me 4 days to post it! When I added the last strand of lights to wrap the top of the tree, all the lights went out! Go figure right? I was able to find the broken strand - which happened to be the very bottom strand - and bypassed it. So, if you look closely, you'll see that the lights on half of the bottom branches are out...

Here are the cute little elves that helped me