Christmas 2004

After Thanksgiving, when it became time to put up our Christmas tree, it was evident to both of us that we just couldn't muster any enthusiasm for dragging our 10-year-old boring little tree and glass-ball ornaments out of the attic yet again. This year we decided it was time for something new, something different. We searched at garden shops, big-box megastores, Christmas shops, everywhere we could think of.

Then, while shopping for shoes at Dillard's, there it was. We knew we had to have it:

After barely five minutes, the four-piece prelighted five foot fir palm tree was up! Remembering some ornaments we had seen at a Christmas shop, we raced out and soon they were on our tree:

Beach chairs, flip-flops, life preservers. It is festive indeed. There is even a Santa in a hula skirt. Now if we can just find some tiny little Corona bottles, we can pop Kenny Chesney's All I Want For Christmas is a Real Good Tan and we'll be all set.