We are pretty much decorated. We could do more, but I am not sure I have the inclination.
I am not a huge fan of mall Santas, which made stumbling across Santa in the Zoo magical. He was in a tent near the petting zoo, sitting on a folding chair, with an attendant and bag of small animals to hand out. The attendant had a Polaroid camera. No charge. If you zoom the picture and look to the right, that’s where the early photos are. In the first encounter, Ashlan is on my back, and Rey is just talking to Santa, not on his lap. Eventually Santa moved into the new Zoo Store, and it got glitzed up. Anytime the kids aren’t wearing jackets we were inside.
There is always the question of what to do with the picture ornaments. On the tree or elsewhere. Originally, they were on the tree. But our trees are usually not too large, and at this time we have about 125. They would not come close to fitting the tree. Hence the picture wall.
The original ornament wall was in front of the window. We installed it there multiple years. But it blocks the window, and working from home, I like to be able to see out. Last year we put some on the tree, just chose a few. This year, back to the wall idea, but in a different location.
On to the week before Christmas.
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