Actually, I put my Christmas tree up 2 days ago.
Since HW isn't here, I don't have to wait till the day after Thanksgiving to put it up. So I decided to take a week to decorate. I put the tree and lights up....and a few nativities....not too much yet.
I also bought a tree for my kids' bedroom. Connor picked out all red lights but I nixed that idea and suggested HW's favorite, multicolored. So this weekend we are putting it up and then during break, we will be making stars and stringing popcorn...or maybe making gingerbread ornaments ....
I put up my main tree's lights during my daughter's nap. Fortunately that saved me the mocking that I would have recieved had anyone witnessed me blowing a fuse.....again. One of these years I will get it right. This year I only have 12 strands of lights.....it might be 13 or 14, I think I lost count at one point. I did have to go buy more when I ran out. (Yes, Matt, I used all the white lights and STILL ran out before I got to the top of the tree.) I blew the fuse in the nifty extension cord that is supposed to help connect more without having to go end to end. But I forgot to read the directions.....you can only put 9 strands on before you destroy it.
Oops.
But I did use 150 or 200 bulbs per strand this year instead of 100. That may have been part of the problem.
I ran 350 white lights around the nativities (like stars in the background) and an additional 800 colored around the ceiling and down the hall and through the kitchen, but they don't show up really well unless the tree is off.....
At least the kids will think it's cool.