Putting Up the Christmas Tree

Before heading out to the Amana Colonies for dinner tonight, Mel and I worked on setting up the Christmas tree and the other Christmas decorations. I am finding that we have a lot more ornaments for the tree than will fit on it. We actually have two Christmas trees; we each had one of our own before getting married. A couple of years ago, when we lived in Waterloo, we put them both up -- one upstairs and the other one downstairs -- but that just seems like too much of a hassle. Besides, our basement doesn't have as much room as the basement in my previous house.