Merry Christmas to you and your beautiful tree.

You tree is gorgeous. We don't even have a tree this year since we'll be spending Christmas visiting with our grandsons. Hope you and everyone on the forum have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Val

Merry Christmas, Julia and all.

I, too, dcorate a lot less than I used to. I actually dread decorating the tree since it is huge and there are so many ornaments...need a smaller tree. That being said, I am enjoying having the nutcrackers out this year...but Dickens village is still in the attic.

I have been too busy making a couple of quilts...not likely to do that in a rush again, although they turned out well.

Hope everyone is doing well this year.

kay

Merry Christmas, Julia, and also to your family. May you have a lovely holiday season. The same greeting to all Forum friends. I am posting last year's picture of our tree, since this year's picture was really sorry. We call it "Old Baldy" and it shed so many more needles this time out, that it is definitely going to that Great Christmas Tree Dumpster In the Sky". Next year, we are going to get something much smaller, since we are getting on, and we need less climbing up and down on ladders. Have a great New Year everyone. and may all your daylilies be super fantastic in 2013. Avedon

Merry Christmas to Everyone!! My son arrives today, should be great fun. I decorate less too, I used to do much more when the kids where still at home.

I've got a Bah Humbug type DH, and all the decorating is left up to me. Like many have said here that means that the older I get the less inclined I am to go to all that work for just the two of us and a few friends. That doesn't mean the spirit is not with me though, so to all on this forum: Merry Christmas and may visions of daylilies dance in your head.......Maryl

Merry, merry Christmas to you Julia and to each & every one here on the forum! I love the pictures of the Christmas trees you all posted. Maryl, my hubby likewise leaves all the decorating up to me and gets moody around the holidays but I'm not going to be a bah-humbug along with him! I did tons of decorating, inside and out because my little 2-yr. old grandson is at the age when he can get excited about Christmas. His little brother is due on Christmas Day! We are on pins and needles to see if he will come on Christmas or not. We thought he would
be here by now since his mom has been stuck at 3 cm dilated for 2 weeks and Connor was 2 weeks early. (My son & DIL are the parents to these two)....and now my oldest daughter is pregnant & living with us, so another grandbaby in June!
I have my hands full with caregiving for my mom, Connor, and soon 2 more babies. I hope I can manage to keep up with all my roses, daylilies and gardens this summer! I sure do miss all the day-to-day postings and excitement on this forum and ALL OF YOU! Have a healthy & happy 2013.

Celeste

Hope you all had a great Christmas. We did and now need to stop all the feasting. I think I gained another 10 pounds.
:-D but worked it all off today by cleaning up from the snowstorm. LOL.
Avedon: Love the tree pic.

Julia

Hey, Julia, wondered if you were out with the snow shovel since you got a good snowfall. Amazingly, we had a "white Christmas"--came in with about a quarter inch of the white stuff. The really good news is that before the rain changed to snow, we received a whopping 2.50 inches of rain and that is the best Christmas present we could have received. This means we will exceed the total of rain we had in 2010. We are supposed to possibly get more rain this coming week, maybe on New Year's Eve, but that's okay with us--bring it on. Glad you liked the tree, I went to the "big city" yesterday to try to get a different tree, but there was nothing I would spend money on. Guess "Old Baldy" will be back next year, unless I can find a good tree in December of next year. Very best New Year's wishes to you, your family, and all Forum Friends!! Avedon

Funny you mention the rain as we had a couple of days of heavy rain and then the storm blew through and now we have all this white stuff. We got most of the areas cleared but we are due for a couple of inches tomorrow-Saturday. :-(.

Dropped our daughter off at the airport this morning after her Wednesday flights were canceled due to the storm. Only to hear now that her connecting flight from Philly to La Guardia (NYC) has been canceled (didn't know till she reached Philly) so she is stuck for now in Philly trying to get another connecting flight. Hopefully she can make it back home today. Reminds me of that movie Planes, Trains and Automobiles.

Hope you find a tree bargain.

Julia

Wow,These trees are beautiful.I was not home or able to put up a tree this year since had a broken wrist.Hope everyone had a wonderful christmas and a great coming New Year.

Jean