O Christmas Tree

Having moved this year, we now have 9' ceilings (our apartment had 7' mostly with bulkheads that lowered it in several places another foot or so) and a much larger living space. So we were pretty excited to be able to get a big Christmas tree (why else would we need 9' ceilings and more space?). Back in June, while discussing how the livingroom would be set up, one of the questions posed was where the Christmas tree would go. Yes, this is a very important part of what this house is all about! The tree we got isn't quite 9' tall but fills the space pretty adequately being about 8 1/2' tall and 5' wide towards the bottom. We had to buy extra strings of lights to fill it but we already had more than enough ornaments. I love our collection. We have some that are merely decorative but the majority of them hold special meaning for us.