Oh Christmas Tree, of all the Trees Most Lovely
‘Tis the season, but it’s a far stretch from the Holiday weather all of my family and friends that are still in the North East are experiencing. Christmas in Puerto Rico would come and go without any one noticing if it weren’t for the invention of the calendar. There isn’t snow and it isn’t the least bit cold. In place of chestnuts roasting you smell mini-doughnuts on your way into the grocery store and the only smoke you smell is from a neighbor burning a pile of leaves, certainly not from a fire place. Man, I love this place.
Anywho….
I mentioned that I bought a Christmas tree from a refrigerator at Sam’s Club in Mayaguez. We unwrapped it the next night, put it in the stand that Summer bought at K-Mart (last one) and decided we should wait a day to trim it. Ya know, give the tree a chance to settle in it’s new home. Well, after about 15 minutes, Summer, Brian and I were decorating the tree with ornaments and lights. It’s so hard to wait. The pine smell was blowing through the house, Christmas music was playing (actually, it was reggae) and we decided to go for it!
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December 15th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Nice Tree Guys, now it just needs lots of gifts! I love the fact that you are setting the tree up with 80 degree weather, how I envy you! Enjoy each moment! Have Fun.
December 15th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Not fair! We are here in artic weather -truly, it’s negative 15!- and you are enjoying the tropics…what’s funny though is that we have a banana Christmas tree in Colorado, and you have a pine Christmas tree in Puerto Rico. You should check it out on our site. Something’s backward here…
December 15th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
Merry Christmas you two! Hard to believe it has only been two years since we were exploring your place with flashlights. Happy Early B-day Stefan, hope to see you guys soon.
December 16th, 2008 at 7:03 am
I know exactly what you mean about xmas in PR I was fortunate to spend about ten months there a few yrs ago and that took me thru the holidays… it was def a huge change for me. I think the biggest shock was the lack of the fall foliage (im from CT). Im glad that I experienced it tho since the holidays brought lots of friends, food and fun and there was no need to navigate the snow drifts on the sidewalks.
P.S. The tree looks beautiful!
December 16th, 2008 at 7:20 am
Awww, look how excited Kuta and Monkey seem to be about their tree! Beautiful!
December 16th, 2008 at 8:45 am
Very nice tree guys! I got mine last week at Pueblo in SJ. I hope you enjoy your warm Xmas… we’re headed stateside on the 27th for a little cold.
December 17th, 2008 at 11:18 am
Hey! Is that a fairy on top of the tree?
Where is Cheech? Will he jump into the tree?