Archive: Decorating
Christmas Lights
When I was growing up in Brooklyn in the 1970s, everyone in my Italian neighborhood decorated for Christmas. It was very garish, which is heaven to a young child. My daughter is almost four and she cannot get enough of lights, inflatable Santas and neon reindeer. If my husband gets...
By Liz Seymour | December 20, 2006; 08:30 AM ET | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
Tree-trimming
In my house, we leave our tree up and decorated through Jan. 6 to celebrate Armenian Christmas. (My husband is Armenian.) That means that we get our tree later in the season. We hope to buy it this weekend and have lights and ornaments up by Sunday evening. Too much...
By Liz Seymour | December 12, 2006; 01:44 PM ET | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
Putting up the Tree
Isn't putting up the Christmas tree one of the most irritating chores? No, no, no not the decorating. (Please don't send me e-mails addressed to the Grinch.) I mean just getting the tree in the stand. In my house this task usually falls to my husband. This is in part...
By Liz Seymour | December 7, 2006; 01:05 PM ET | Comments (3) | TrackBack (0)
