Advent :: Day 8 / Oh Christmas Tree!

Something for you to read: On the topic of real vs. artificial trees, Sheherazade Goldsmith, author of A Greener Christmas, has this to say: "An artificial Christmas tree may be reusable, but it will probably have been made from a petroleum-based product and may well have been flown in from China. The materials commonly used in the manufacture of artificial trees are PVC, polyurethane foam and steel. Although you may reuse it for several years, if your tree is not recyclable it will eventually linger for centuries in a landfill site." If you purchase a real tree, locally grown is best and be sure to seek out a place to properly recycle it after the holidays!

Something for you to listen to: Is Christmas Only a Tree? - Bing Crosby. It wouldn't be Christmas without Bing Crosby on my playlists!

Something for you to make: Soft Tree Pattern via Little Birds

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It was a tiny struggle, but I did manage to get M. out of bed yesterday...





Matt and I went to go pick up our Christmas tree at Tuttle's Red Barn, which is our annual tradition. Little G. Tuttle, the youngest boy in the family, hoisted our tree into the back of our Jeep all by himself. I was quite impressed!



There was a perfect amount of gentle snow falling during our trip, it was so picturesque! And of course it afforded lots of opportunity for this:





Can you see why I love him so? He's still a gigantic kid :)

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Bazaar Bizarre was great...a little overwhelmingly crowded, but great. I didn't see as many things that really *WOWED* me this year. M. and I were talking about it, and I think that we've both come to a point of art print/t-shirt/jewelry saturation in our home. We see things that we think, YES! That is cool!, but we're less quick to buy things like that for lack of space to put them! The event was not a disappointment, I just think that we've become more mindful about what we purchase, which is a good thing!

I did buy a few gifts and a few little things for myself. I'll post pictures tomorrow.

I hope that everyone is enjoying these Advent posts, because I'm having a blast writing them!