The stockings were hung...

I have collected ornaments for years.... But not just any ornament, they have to be balls. Any size, color, material - as long as it is a ball, I will put it on this tree. The tree topper was just purchased, so we don't have a topless tree anymore!

My inner Martha came out with this project --I covered wooden clothes pins with cute paper and we use these to attach our Christmas cards to the garland on the banister.

Last year when I purchased our stockings, I went back after Christmas and purchased 2 more... for "future babies" ... little did I know that one would be put to use sooner than later! As soon as I get this, the other stocking will be hung. (and of course, a ball ornament will be placed inside it!)

I got this tree on Black Friday. We call it the Charlie Brown tree -- it looked pretty sad until I put the ornaments on it. Even now, it could use about 2X the number of branches and lights. We put all of the 'non ball' ornaments on this tree.