My Charlie Brown Christmas Tree
The first party of my birthday season was a success! It was initially canceled due to several inches of snow that decided to blanket the DMV, but I didn’t get upset. Why? Because it’s easy to bribe people with food my friends are the best. Two of them delivered my new tree on Friday night before the storm and a few others stopped by on Sunday to deliver the gifted ornaments – one of which was very interesting.
The new tree is about 6ft, so I plan to donate the 8.5 ft tree that we used in our house. It was way too much work to put up, decorate, and take down – and the box took up unnecessary storage space in my little apartment. So this new tree was one of my birthday gifts and I prepared a spread of finger foods and snacks for my friends while we decorated. After several drinks and lots of laughter, this was the final result:
According to German legend, the pickle brings good luck. After all the other ornaments are hung on the tree, the pickle ornament is hidden somewhere within the branches. Legend has it that the observant child who finds the pickle on Christmas Day is blessed with a year of good fortune…and a special gift. In present day, the pickle tradition encourages young children to enjoy the many ornaments on the tree before checking to see what Santa Clause brought them. [source]
Charlie Brown aint got nothing on me, yo!
After decorating the tree, we delivered several unwrapped gifts to the teen that we adopted for the holidays. Lawd, did they go overboard with the gifts! But it’s all love and in the spirit of Christmas. Now, I’m back home in my fleece pajamas and drinking a cup of Swiss Miss French Vanilla hot chocolate. It’s been a great day!
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Happy birthday!
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hi SM,
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Interesting about the pickle! At least it’s not real… right?
I celebrate my birthday by putting up our Christmas tree — it’s like a big, sparkly present to myself! Didn’t get that angel on top, though, no matter how hard I tried to finagle it to fit (silly me, buying a 7.5-foot tree for a home with 7.5-foot ceilings!).
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Happy Birthday!
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Nice tree!! Happy Birthday month! I may need to steal that for mine; with your approval of course.
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Please, that is not a Charlie Brown tree. I have a Charlie Brown tree and let me tell you, that is no Charlie Brown tree. LOL
It is quite nice, actually.
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I am from Eastern Europe and I remember how when we had a tree for New Year (communist county, were not allowed Xmas, but tree was there every year for the New Year), there were not one but few pickle ornaments. I never knew why, thanks for the info SM.
Happy B-day!
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Ahhhh wow.. thats really nice. Merry Christmas.
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