My 12 days of Christmas
On the first day of Christmas my boyfriend said to me you need a Christmas tree.
On the 2nd day of Christmas the boyfriend came with me to bring home the tree and new strings of LED lights.
On the 3rd day of Christmas my boyfriend took over the tree, stringing the lights and tossing on the shiny new tinsel.
On the 4th day of Christmas I watered the tree again, swept up the needles, picked up the tinsel and placed a present under the tree.
On the 5th day of Christmas I bought a shiny star, decorated a door, watered the tree, swept up the needles and again picked up the tinsel…………
On the 6th day of Christmas I defrosted a turkey, cleaned all the silver, washed all the china, and watered the tree….. picked up the tinsel…… and swept up the needles….
On the 7th day of Christmas I prepared and stuffed the turkey, prepared all the veggies, cleaned both the bathrooms, watered the tree……picked up the tinsel…..swept up the needles and wrapped another present.
On the 8th day of Christmas I managed to make some coffee, wash most of the dishes, have a leftover dinner, make a turkey stock….picked up the tinsel…..swept up the needles, watered the tree, and threatened to take the tree down.
On the 9th day of Christmas I bought more fresh veggies, peeled and chopped the veggies, made turkey soup, watered the tree….picked up the tinsel….swept up the needles, had leftovers again, finished washing the dishes and took the tinsel off the tree.
On the 10th day of Christmas I had turkey dinner for lunch, turkey soup for dinner, watered the tree, removed more decorations, swept up the needles……picked up stray tinsel……hauled out the recycling, turned on the TV, watched a Canucks game, went to bed early.
On the 11th day of Christmas I had more turkey soup, took the lights off the tree, and swept up the needles, did not water the tree….picked up more stray tinsel……packed the decorations, boxed up the lights, had a cup of coffee, went to a party, stayed up too late and rang in the brand new year.
On the 12th day of Christmas I slept in till noon, had coffee in bed, stayed in pyjamas, made French toast…..picked up more stray tinsel….did not water the tree, the boyfriend took it down, we bagged up the tree, he dragged it outside, then I made some tea, and swept up the needles and said good-bye to Christmas once again.
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Although I wanted to host a Christmas dinner, I had not intended on getting a Christmas tree. It was an expense I did not want, and a lot of work and mess….Yes, it is pretty once done and the home smelled nice, however it meant moving things around to accommodate the tree, constant picking up the stuff that fell from the tree…or the tinsel that was statically charged and clung to me and dropped off everywhere in the house….all because my special man wanted a tree….and we don’t even live together….
I ’m not too bothered about cut trees because they are from tree farms. They are raised by people who make their living off tree farming. Once done with the tree it got taken to a nearby park where the firefighters have an annual chipping program….they chip the trees…by donation….the money goes to the firefighters burn fund and the parks boards uses the chipped trees for mulch in the parks.
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