Holidays with the Wrights

While this isn’t our first Christmas in our house we rent or our first Christmas together as a couple, it is our first Christmas as a married couple and it is technically our baby’s first Christmas.  I see no better reason to celebrate this Christmas a little extra special.

We bought our first Christmas tree.

Stephen and I have, over the years, collected a few ornaments from family and other random places so we have about 15 total.  We bought a very easy to put together tree from Target and decorated it, much to the curiosity and trepidation of Max, who watched from afar.

Both of us have really great memories of putting the tree up with our family.  My mom has had the same tree ever since I was little and has hundreds of ornaments she’s collected over the years.  One year, we managed to put them all on the tree!  Stephen fondly remembers his Grandmother’s train set chugging around the tree.

Our own traditions?

We haven’t really established any yet but it’s early.  A train set sounds like a lot of fun.  I would like to decorate the house but we’re lacking a tall enough ladder to put lights up and no place to store one should we purchase one.

This year, I have a wild hair to try to make a Bûche de Noël from scratch.  I even have a recipe!