I love Christmas. It's my favorite time of the year. I would spend weeks just putting up the tree because there are so many branches!!! I would painstakingly put the lights on making sure every nook and cranny had a light. When it was turned on and it shone the brightness and glory of God, I knew it was right. The lights had a soft, white look to them and every time I looked at the tree I was infused with something, joy, gladness, peace.
Last year, LED christmas lights came out. I'd see them on the houses in the icles and think, "that's just wrong." I can't do those.
So several days ago, I got the tree up and started on the light experience. Plugging in each strand to make sure they worked BEFORE putting them on the tree. Now, these were my favorite lights because all I had to do was walk around the tree and lay them gently on the branches and wha la, within 5 minutes I'm done and the tree is looking good.
So, I realized that I only had half a tree of lights. Yuk. What to do. So I went to Menards, Lowes and Joanns looking for lights. The section dedicated to my lights was about 6 feet. The section dedicated to LED was 300 feet. Wow....tells you where retailers are going and that they're cutting back this year.
When Candice came I dragged her to Wal-Mart, nothing and then Target as frustration kicked in. While we examined the selection of LED (white) lights, we decided that the warm white was what we wanted. So reluctantly, Candice and I stocked up on LED lights.
Friday they went up on the tree. As I started putting them on, I remembered the days past of wrapping each branch to fullness and making sure it was done right. As I remembered I grumbled a bit but I kept wrapping, wrapping, wrapping around the tree I was wrapping, wrapping, wrapping.
Upon getting finished, I invited the neighbor, Jimmy, to come and turn them on. His Mom had told me that he looks for my tree and knew Christmas was around the corner. He also warned me each and every time there was a woodpecker on the house, returned Mitzee many times and is the designated food messenger between his house and mine. So with a gift and a card, I asked him to come and do the honors.
They went on and my mouth went down. They look nothing like the warm white lights in the store. So to look to the bright side (no pun intended), I am hoping that with bulbs, garland, and LOTS of tinsel, I can get the warm and cozy look I know and love.
But I've joined the boat on the LED front, supported the economy and made an 8 year old boy very happy. Isn't that what it's all about?
Merry Christmas.........it's only 48 days away!!!
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