I debated whether or not it was worth it to put up a Christmas tree this year since trees are not suppose to be put up here till after Sinterklaas day (Dec. 5) and we would be leaving on the 18th. Well, it really wasn't much of a debate, just a 2 second pause to figure out how much I felt I had to spend to get the joy out of a little Christmas decoration. While Jessica was here we did some shopping and found this "great sale" on this tree. I don't know if we were just excited at finding such a good deal that we didn't really look at the display tree or what, but when we got it home and started setting it up, it was truly a $15 tree. Either some parts were missing or the wrong poles had been used becuse there was no way to connect the base piece to the top 2/3 of the tree. I ended having to go buy a dowel and shove it in so that everything would fit together. There were big gaps in some area and...well it just wasn't going to look anything other than what it was.
I then had to buy another $100 worth of stuff to decorate it. :) It was kind of fun to make some of the things I've been collecting since coming here, such as wooden shoe key rings and little delft blue plates into tree decorations and then find other Dutch themed stuff that would tie it all together. I stuck a large pair of wooden shoes filled with pepernotens (a special little gingerbread cookie sold only at Christmas time) in the biggest blank spot.
All in all, I think it turned out pretty cute and it is nice to have something up to help it feel like the holidays.
1 comment:
It turned out very nicely, I think. I'm glad you're feeling the Christmas spirit enough to put a tree up. I feel bad though. Like I was a partner in crime in buying a truly cheap tree. I deeply apologize!
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