The Greate Decorate Wait

It has never, ever taken me 11 days to decrorate my Christmas tree. But this year it did.

The culprit: a broken tree stand, discovered on day 9 of the barren Christmas tree display, after 8 consecutive days of re-positioning it with Jeromy on the floor near the stand, me holding it in place and Cameron running circles around us and generally being of no help whatsoever.

He did, however, try to be of help.

Please let me introduce you to the Warren Christmas Tree Topper, purchased in Winnipeg, Manitoba in December of 1974. It had graced the top of our trees for 31 Christmases without fail, never burning out a bulb, never blowing a fuse... until it traveled to Bend this past summer, got its picture taken with Cameron, and then promptly decided to be difficult. See the green bulb close to Cam's thumb? Burnt out exactly 52 minutes after this picture was taken.