December notes: picking out the tree

Someday we'll go all out and cut down our own tree, but for now, the outdoor expedition of purchasing one from our local grocery/nursery/coffee/gourmet/everything store will have to suffice.  This year there was even a little outdoor fire to warm your hands!  My only qualification this time around was that the tree be fragrant and fill our apartment with that piney holiday scent.

The first one was the best one.  Sheared balsam.  Smells scruptious.

Home and fully decorated.  I went with a woodland theme again this year, there's even a little gnome in the mantle decor :)  My favorite tree ornament this season is below.