Christmas around the Cook house is usually a bit of a production. OK, I'll be honest - we go way overboard. We're talking one big (or giant depending on the year) real tree in the living room, a tree in the kitchen filled with kitchen ornaments, and a small tree downstairs with snowmen ornaments. Not to mention the snowman collection, the outside lights, etc. etc. All of this on top of the gifts buying, the wrapping, the baking, the parties . . . .it's wonderful. An often exhausting.
This year the exhaustion set in early with the October arrival of Little Miss. When December rolled around we were still getting used to her and our new life. So we decided to take it easy this year and just focus on enjoying her and each other. So the pencil tree from the kitchen made the big leagues and was put in the living room with the snowman ornaments because they were in the front of the pile of decorations. A few wintry snowmen went up on the mantel and all of the other decor went back into the closet.
You know what? I kind of like the more pared down look. And I'm grateful that we can spend the holidays focused on what is really important instead of stressing over the mile long to do list. Maybe we've started a new tradition . . . but probably not.
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