Yule Time!

Our Apartment Complex had a decorating contest this year for Christmas. They had a front-window contest, and a patio contest.

I entered. I won.



The most amusing part to me? The Pagan won the Christmas contest. We made a Yule tree. A seven-foot-tall fake tree, with leafed vines for garland, red berry sprigs instead of a star, pinecones and weird red bundles and sprigs of evergreen for ornaments. We wrapped the railing of the balcony with the garland vines, lit up the tree and the railing, set out two chairs looking at the tree, one with a blanket, on with a Santa hat, put a bow on a grill, a bike, and wrapped empty boxes for presents. We put down a rug, hung some stockings, and hid a CD player under the presents, with Christmas Carols on repeat.

We rocked.