‘Tis The Season
It’s December 1st, which means the calendar has given us full permission to get our Merry Christmas on- or at least get things started. So we kicked things off last Sunday by putting up our artificial (reusable?) Christmas tree. It has yet to be fully decorated with ornaments, but if you wanna dive head first into the holidays with us, here’s a quick little video that captures the process (broken strand of lights and all) and hopefully drums up a little taste of seasonal spirit in the process. Watch it below on Vimeo or here on YouTube:
And while we do our best to give all of you sneak-a-peek-at-work readers a non-video version to enjoy, there’s not much to say or show this time by the way of a photo rundown. Basically we put up our tree (after a couple failed attempts at figuring out which part was the bottom), threw down two sheepskin rugs as a tree skirt and plugged the tree in only to discover a section of lights was out. Sigh. But it’s all in fast motion with a bit of holiday music so it’s somehow still cheerful and fun. Oh and Sherry’s baby belly is clearly visible so that might be exciting for some of you bump watchers out there.
In the good news department: we’ve since fixed our little tree-lighting issue. The better news: we’ll have more pictures (and a sequel video) to share once it gets all ornamentified. Just gotta hunt down (or create) a few more in a certain hard-to-find color first (Sherry’s all about a punchy new scheme this year so stay tuned for that).
But what about you guys. Has anyone else started their holiday decorating yet? We were amazed to see tons of homes that were already fully decked out with lights along the roof and around the porch and a giant tree glowing in the window just the day after Thanksgiving. We’re starting a bit more slowly- but fear not, we’ll pick up steam in the coming weeks and share all the fun along the way. After all, ’tis the season…
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Hey Emily,
Yes of course! We have lots of quick and easy DIY decorating ideas in the hopper for this year and as you mentioned there are these posts from last year to keep you busy until we share our latest holiday projects:
http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/12/tis-the-season-to-set-the-table/
http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/12/oh-christmas-tree-2/
http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/12/some-simple-holiday-sparkle/
http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/12/ornamental-ideas/
http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/11/the-perfect-gift-on-the-rocks/
http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/12/frosty-the-starfish/
http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/12/thats-a-wrap-2/
http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/12/jingle-balls/
http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/12/fill-er-up/
Hope it helps! Stay tuned…
xo,
s
I will ask the obvious question here: Why not check the lights before they go on the tree? The way we do our lights is to plug them into an extension cord and wrap them around the tree, plugging in each set as we need them. It’s easier to put them on well if they are lit anyway. Then when we’re done we move the tree to the corner it will reside in and start putting on the ornaments.
Hey Mike,
Our tree is pre-lit, so it’s not a strand we added (otherwise it would have been a great idea to check it beforehand). Once we assemble the tree and it’s standing on it’s own it’s much easier to then reach down and plug in the single cord that’s attached at the base- and that’s when we noticed one section was out. Not to worry though, we’ve got it all fixed and fabulous. Stay tuned for part two of our tree-decorating adventure…
xo,
s
so, after finally watching these adorable tree decorating vids, i now have a question for you…we have what appears to be the same tree – pre-lit as well. we plugged it in and an entire strand is out at the top and a portion of another strand near the middle. how did fix your lighting issue? we tried replacing the fuses, but that wasn’t it, so it’s like there’s one bulb burned out that is causing the entire strand to be on strike and refuse to light up until there little buddy is fixed!
any words of wisdom of how we can identify the “tired bulb” without playing eenie meenie miney moe?
Hey Patti,
We actually described our bulb-replacement method in the paragraph before the video in this more recent post, but we have recapped it below for your convenience:
We last left off with this video of us setting up our pre-lit artificial (faux? reusble?) tree only to discover that a strand of lights in the middle of the tree was out. But fixing it was as easy as listening for the buzzing bulb and replacing it with one of the extras they included along with our tree.
Hope it helps! Just listen for the buzz…
xo,
s
aw man…sorry for not reading more carefully. i will listen for the buzz! :) thanks!
No worries Patti! You were on the first tree post (and the answer was in the second one) so it was totally understandable! We hope you can track down that annoying bulb…
xo,
s
Cute video! Are you going to do a little blurb on some inexpensive/relatively easy to make/clever/house-related holiday gift ideas you’ve come up with this year? Your posts with previous ideas are great!!