O Tannenbaum, o tannenbaum, how lovely are thy branches....

Last night, after work, mom came down to help get the house decorated for Christmas.  We decorated the tree, put up strings of lights throughout the house, hung strings of lights around the rooms, placed a bunch of kitschy little Christmas stuff all around and hung the wreaths outside.  It all went pretty smoothly: we didn't break any ornaments like last year.  None of the bulbs were out in the lights.  And we had plenty of extension cords, unlike previous years.

In fact, here take a look:

Before we started

Mom placing ornaments

Finished, with ceiling light on

Finished, with the ceiling light off.

And here's a quick video:


After this, we went to Applebee's, and she bought me my birthday supper.  Then we went shopping at Wal-Mart and Lowe's before returning here at home.

Glad that's all done though.

POLT