Taking down the Christmas Tree

We spent the loin's share of the day taking down the Christmas tree. We packed up the ornaments and then threw the tree off the deck. With it raining lightly, I cut the tree up and stuffed it in the green barrel. We are going to leave most of the other Christmas decorations up until the weekend of January 9th.

A couple of notes for next year. We need to replace all of the lights on the tree. Buying a strand this year, we ended up with a couple of shades of white. Additionally, we probably need to consider buying the tree a little later. This tree was a mess by the time that we took it off; it was very dry and collapsed into the shape of a missle...

We finished the day with curbside takeout from Serritella’s Italian Ristorante & Pizzeria. I had spaghetti and meatballs, Jack had tortellini gorgonzola and Sharon had veal piccata. We finished the day watching episodes three and four of the Amazing Race Season 32.