We search for hours for the most beautiful, perfect tree that symbolizes all that is Christmas. Then we chop it down and kill it.
So you've heard that story before.
But what's a bit disturbing is how excited some of our kids are getting over the chopping down part.
If you've ever watched the Showtime series Dexter, you'll recall the demented glee that Dexter (the lovable serial killer) gets when he sets out the killing tools of his trade (knives, saws, etc.).
Somehow that's exactly what came to mind when Kekoa and I were getting out our tools for today...
Kekoa just seems to get really excited about the chopping part.
Well, I suppose if we cut down trees every year for our family's enjoyment, that makes us serial tree killers.
But Alyssa and David are hot on the case.
Doesn't this just look like a movie poster picture for a new Scooby Doo live action picture...
Scooby Doo and the Case of the Serial Tree Chopper. Watch for it next summer in a theatre near you!
This wasn't the greatest tree farm - they had lots of fields of balsam fir trees, but we prefer spruce because their stronger branches support our heavier ornaments. Unfortunately, their fields of spruce trees were largely cleared during last Christmas. Lots of stumps abound...
I suppose what humans call "last Christmas" the trees refer to as the "Great Spruce Massacre of 2008."
In any case our son David enjoyed himself.
He enjoyed himself so much that he just had to dance as you can see in this video from today...
You're on your own with that one. I don't think any further comment from me is necessary.
Ultimately, we did find a great blue spruce tree...
Because it was so warm today (mid 40s), it was a royal pain trying to get the tree back to the van. Although I cannot believe I'm about to write this, a good snow fall would really have helped.
Instead of lying in some nice clean snow to chop the base of the tree, I had to crawl in the mud.
And rather than drag the tree to the van over a bed of white snow, I had to carry it to keep it out of the mud...
Oh what Christmas joy! My back hurts.
We finally did get the tree home and we pulled out the ornaments.
Cari bought a new decoration for the tree just the other day - which was the first thing that Kekoa and Nalani hung up...
In case you can't tell, that's a Tony Romo ornament hanging just above their heads.
Everyone got in the act decorating the tree...
The above picture isn't the best one I could find, but it does have a nice view of Cari's rear end. After six kids and all these years, my wife is still adorable.
The really amazing thing about today is how much we actually accomplished.
Wandering through the woods, cutting down a tree, bringing it home, and decorating it was what we did in the middle of the day.
The day began with the kids putting up Cari's Christmas Village...
Mostly that entails taking little houses and people out of boxes and setting them up.
Here's a view from outside the house through one of the bay windows...
That was the morning before the tree hunt. After we finished decorating the tree, we had to decorate Christmas stockings...
Each year the kids create their own design for their stocking using glitter and colored glue. You wouldn't believe how many stockings we've accumulated over the years.
But that's how Christmas season begins in the Bicoy home.
Happy Holidays!
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