{"id":49223,"date":"2016-12-14T07:13:09","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T12:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/?p=49223"},"modified":"2017-01-11T21:07:45","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T21:07:45","slug":"best-birthday-gift-ever-finished-christmas-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/14\/best-birthday-gift-ever-finished-christmas-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Best birthday gift ever…my finished Christmas tree!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello!\u00a0 Today is a special day for a few reasons…for starters, it’s my birthday! I am taking the day off and headed into the city, it is magical this time of year even with the crazy traffic snarls. I think the best gift might just be my completed Christmas tree!! Yes finally did it:)<\/p>\n

There were days that I wasn’t sure this post would happen. I hemmed and hawed about a real vs faux. Having always gotten a real tree, the idea of a faux felt almost sacrilegious! But I deiced to be practical this year and since the burden of the tree falls on me, I have that right:)<\/p>\n

Something about no falling needles, worrying about fires with not watering the tree regularly, and the dreaded stringing of the lights was a good argument to get a faux and that’s exactly what I did. I felt a little sad when it was delivered, the smell wasn’t there but I figured its an experiment this year and I was willing and able to test it out.<\/p>\n

I went to a local high end garden center\/shop who I found out after getting there that they are closing their doors after many many years and quite by surprise saw they had large trees that were on sale. I figured maybe that was my golden opportunity…so I chose the biggest tree they had (which looked HUGE in their shop) and seems I got a good deal though it was still a hefty sum. The strange thing is that when they delivered it, it looked like it had shrunk a few feet. Somehow it was dwarfed in my home and I immediately had buyers remorse.<\/p>\n

I lived with a few days (it was\u00a0 final sale) and started thinking I would put it in my family room and get a real tree for our usual spot then my husband talked me out of it saying once it was decorated it would take on a whole different look. And I hate to say it, but he was right.<\/p>\n

Enter my blue and white decorations…..they saved the day!! My blue and white vision completely came to life and to say I could not love my tree more is seriously not an understatement. I am in love with my tree and my decorations are truly the icing on this cake, I just might want to keep this up all year long!! So take a look and keep in mind there are only a few gifts underneath but its certainly getting there and really helping the house to feel more festive……<\/p>\n

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I love the mixing of the blue and white balls and oversized 5″ ice blue balls (still have the light blue balls)<\/p>\n

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And it’s beautiful during the day too!<\/p>\n

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Tah dah! I did it and could not love it more….in fact it may stay up all year long:) The blue and white certainly fits right in! My patience paid off and it’s even more beautiful than I could have imagined, now that’s not to say I may not be buying another faux tree ( a wider taller one)\u00a0 next year but that’s a whole other story:)<\/p>\n

Thanks for stopping in, wishing you a fabulous day! Tomorrow the Holiday Love starts and there are so many wonderful holiday pics to share…..<\/p>\n

PS Silver promo started last night, so many great things for the hostess and holiday gifts as well as the new mint julep cups, they are fabulous! Click here to see<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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