It took me three days to decorate (did it all by myself, except for putting the tree together, the ribbon and the star). I wonder how long it will take to take it all down? ![Sad :(](https://conservativecave.com/home/Smileys/default/sad.gif)
Don't even think about how long to take down. Just enjoy it now. So far all I've done is put a big bow on this little penguin statue and put the Christmas doormat in the hall. We also sort of finished the outdoor lighting, but it's a pretty humble display.
I need to get the tree brought up from the basement. The darned thing is so heavy. I got it a couple years ago at 75% off. The thing is very full and a beautiful tree. I wouldn't have picked white, but it was what was left. My ex was so nutty he'd leave a REAL tree up til March or later. You can imagine what it looked like after that amount of time.
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So one of the first things I did was get an artificial one.
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Your tree is so beautiful with an impressive ornament collection. I totally load my tree with ornaments, but it's only a 7 ft tree. There usually isn't a square inch that isn't covered with my ornament collections. It was one of my obsessions, but trying to refrain from too many more. There's simply no place to put them.