O CHRISTMAS TREE

The past few years we've been out of town for the holidays, so we haven't bothered with getting a tree. Even though we're going to be out of town again this year, we were feeling the holiday spirit. So with the help our niece, Tess Louise, we picked out and decorated this small giant, all of 4 feet, which is about all our apartment can handle. We even threw on some Christmas music and made cookies just for good measure. So for the next few weeks we'll be basking in the fresh pine scent of our tree and vacuuming up fallen needles.