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I decided I wanted the Party Favorz site to match the residence, so I went ahead and decorated it on both fronts.  Actually, Rick and I don't put up decorations until the weekend of Thanksgiving.  However, we both agreed we needed some Holiday cheer sooner rather than later.  So, we pulled out all the lights and the wreaths and hung everything up with the precision and care of two old lady's that have been collecting ornaments since their first husbands died...LOL.







The most special item is our Charlie Brown Christmas Tree that we bought back in 2001, the first year we moved to Atlanta.  We didn't have a lot of money to burn, but we were at Michael's (an arts and craft chain in the U.S.) and they had everything 50% off.  We knew we couldn't buy a real tree, and even if we did, my anal-retentive self would have had to make all the decorations by hand; something I did flawlessly with my ex, who kept all of them...bitch!  I digress.  Anyway, that also costs money.  So when I saw this little kinda ugly tree made out of dried branches and already decorated, I decided to find the money to rescue it.  Obviously, I bought it and it's been shining brightly every season ever since.







Christmas trees are symbolic for the obvious reasons, but our little Charlie Brown tree symbolizes our first Christmas together and everything we did to get here.  Due to its special nature, I just thought I would share that with you guys.  Over the years we've added and removed stuff, always trying to keep it fresh, but at the end of the day,