Is it really time for the ugly Christmas tree?

I have always loved buying a real Christmas tree. I would search the lots for the most pitiful looking Charlie Brown Christmas tree, take it home and make it beautiful. I remember one year my ex-husband and I went to a lot and there was this tree in the corner with a thick warped trunk but it was huge and the branches were spaced about 6 inches a part. I fell in love with it. I asked how much. The guy said, that ugly tree? Why do you want that ugly tree? I said I love it how much. He said he felt guilty selling it to me and asked again why would I want such a tree. Finally after 10 minutes of this back and forth he agreed to sell it to me for $5.00.

Well as the years have gone on and I have gotten older I have become more and more allergic to these wonderful trees. I now must settle for the ugly full, no personality artificial tree. Worse yet my son picked out the artificial tree he really really wanted and boy is this thing UGLY! And it is SILVER and did I mention ugly?

Actually saying it is ugly is not true. Once it is decorated this ugly tree just like my old Charlie Brown Christmas trees becomes beautiful.

Many years ago I had quite the collection of beautiful crystal ornaments that I had collected over a lot of years. Unfortunately they were all stolen from me. For years after I did not even bother to put up a tree. Not only was there crystal ornaments in the boxes stolen but special keepsake ornaments, ornaments from my childhood etc. Having kids made it necessary to get back into the holiday spirit. I still have never rebuilt my collection of special ornaments but today I took a baby step forward towards that.

While in Ruidoso NM I went into a little antique shop. They had two ornaments I fell in love with and not expensive like you would think. I will take pictures of them in the next few days to show them off here. These are the first ornaments I have bought myself in years.

Oh I also need to tell you how I got the ugly silver Christmas tree. Last year a friend, a friend I have never met in person but communicated with online bought me this tree and ornaments to put on it. She was determined to get me in the holiday spirit. This was a stressful time for Mike and I as Mike had just taken the big step of opening his own business. Money was extremely tight and we were waiting for a check from a large networking job we had just completed. We had no idea if we would be paid prior to Christmas or not. Not only did Cessy and Bob buy this ugly tree, they sent lovely ornaments, they sent the boys a ton of presents (spoiled them rotten) but sent Mike and I gifts too. For the first time in almost a decade I felt the magic of Christmas in me again.

This weekend we put up this ugly tree once again and make it beautiful. I will post pictures once we are done.