Finally Finished Tree

I finally finished decorating my tree last night and guess what. It looks like s***! I have no artistic abilities whatsoever. First, it was so frustrating to put the lights on, weaving the stupid green string of lights in and out of the branches. Then I had hard time putting the freakin’ garlands on. I’m glad D showed me how to put those string of glittering balls on my tree.

Then I had to put my pathetic collection of cheap Christmas balls I bought last year. See, all Christmas stuff go on sale right after Christmas so I bought all my Christmas decors almost a year ago. I was so frustrated hanging those balls because I had no idea how I was supposed to do it. Was I supposed to distribute them evenly? Or is it better to just randomly hang them anywhere on the tree? Then I remembered something I read online that I have to put ornaments both inside and outside the tree to give it a sense of depth. So I did. Depth effect? I don’t know. I can’t really tell the difference.

I have a few ornaments in my collection, some from places I’ve been like Arizona and Yosemite, some I made last year and some of them I bought ready-to-hang from the store. They’re not the prettiest but hey, they added a little personal touch to the tree.

Then came the part I hate the most. Putting the tinsel on the tree. I hate it because they always get tangled in my hands and I had no idea how the hell I was going to put those hairthin glittering tinsel. So I just grabbed a few strands and kinda throw them randomly on the tree, here and there, everywhere. Yep, I had tinsel on the tree, on my hair, my shoulders and yeah, tinsel all over the floor. Grrrrr.

Then I realized that the worst part of having a Christmas tree is not putting tinsel on it but taking it down, putting the ornaments back in their respective boxes and making sure the strands of Christmas lights don’t get all tangled up for next year. Then I have to take the tree outside and cut it up because the garbage truck won’t pick it up unless it is 5 ft. or less. Mine is 6 ½ ft.

No, I am not looking forward to take my tree down. And no, I am not looking forward to having a tree next year. But then maybe I just need a little more practice. Actually, looking at my tree this morning before I left work, I kinda felt proud. Yes, it is MY tree, no matter how ugly and uncreative it may look.

Okay, I think I changed my mind. The truth is, I did enjoy decorating my tree so I guess I’ll have another one next year, and hopefully by then, I would have cooked up some ideas on how to make it look pretty and festive.


*I’ll post pictures of my tree as soon as I upload them on flickr.