In addition to seeing all of our family we also got the chance to celebrate our first Christmas together as husband and wife. Our apartment is teeny tiny, so I was hesitant to put up any decorations. But that did last long. We both consider Christmas a time of great celebration and joy, so it seemed a little "Scrougian" to not put anything up. So I went to the local produce market and found the perfect little tree - small enough to fit into my Civic but cheery enough to brighten our apartment. As you can see from the picture its definately better than the Charlie Brown tree ;) And it even came with a stand and water holder so we didnt have to go out and buy one. I loved having it - I would take any work or reading I had out the to living room just so that I could turn the lights on and enjoy them.
The one problem with the tree was the fact that Drew is allergic...which we found out for sure only after the second day of having it in our house. We enjoyed it as long as we could and just made sure he didnt sit right next to it, except when we opened our presents. Since we have to leave to visit our families we ended up giving it to some of our neighbors before we left. I hope they enjoyed it.
When its your first Christmas as a family you tend to think alot about the
traditions you would like to start. Of course, we are still amending ours and are keeping our ears out for any we like from other people. But one of the activities we did this year, that we decided we would like to keep as a tradition was building a gingerbread house. My mom gave us a whole kit (so I didnt have to come up with a way to bake all the pieces). Being the perfectionists that we are we were a little displeased with it at first due to the fact that someone (ok, it was me) added a little too much water to the frosting which meant that the candy had a tendency to slide of the roof and stick not at all to the sides of the house unless you held it there for an eternity without moving. It was probably a good excercise for us to learn to take ourselves less seriously and just have some fun. In the end we were quite proud of our little gingerbread house and kept it on our dining table. 
traditions you would like to start. Of course, we are still amending ours and are keeping our ears out for any we like from other people. But one of the activities we did this year, that we decided we would like to keep as a tradition was building a gingerbread house. My mom gave us a whole kit (so I didnt have to come up with a way to bake all the pieces). Being the perfectionists that we are we were a little displeased with it at first due to the fact that someone (ok, it was me) added a little too much water to the frosting which meant that the candy had a tendency to slide of the roof and stick not at all to the sides of the house unless you held it there for an eternity without moving. It was probably a good excercise for us to learn to take ourselves less seriously and just have some fun. In the end we were quite proud of our little gingerbread house and kept it on our dining table. We hope your Christmases were all just as enjoyable :)
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