The weekend after Thanksgiving, and it was time to put up all our trees. Last year I “settled” for four, and launched the “Sunflower Tree” to match my therapy office in the casita. This year, a new tree evolved from my collection of “shopping” ornaments.
We started in the Great Room with the gold/green/bronze tree with lots of jeweled fruit.

Next after Brad added the red and green lights, I decorated the “Italy Tree” in our Master Bedroom. Here is a link to a photo album:

http://http://www.slowphotos.com/photo/showgallery.php?cat=4029

The Casita has the “Sunflower Tree”. Next year I need to work on a treeskirt for this.
Maybe an Italian tablecloth would work!

Our biggest and most traditional tree is in the dining room. There are ornaments on here that are more than 30 years old! Each year we love adding a few new ones, and Brad and I exchange a special one every Christmas.

The new tree this year is the “Shopping Tree”, with shopping bag ornaments from Nordstrom, Gumps, Macy’s, Neiman Marcus, Bloomies, Gucci, and assorted gift cards.
I need an ornament that says “Chico’s”! How appropriate that my “shopping sister”, Joy, will be sleeping in here next week!