Christmas 2006

This past Christmas we decided to stay in town and my parents visited from out of state. We recently bought a new house, so it was a chance for my parents to visit and see the new place at the same time. Here's a shot of the tree (some of it) from the north windows looking south into the house. It's obvious that I'm no professional photographer.

We bought some new lights for the tree (it seems like we buy lights every year, but we don't throw any away ... so, where are they all?)



Since we're Democrats, I decided that our tree would be in ALL blue lights this year. No red lights allowed. Red just pollutes the atmosphere, so to speak. Better dead than red.




We found a new kind of light this year. LED's. Maybe they've been around before this year, but we'd never seen them. They give off a really nice glowing light, bigger and brighter than your typical, traditional lights. Look for them in stores next time around. They make several colors, but we are a little partial to blue. We're glad we're on the blue team.




It was cold this year at Christmas, but not as bad as last year. We had snow on Christmas Day last year, a couple of inches, which is very unusual for this area. Still, this year, it was pretty cold, so we gathered round the HD TV Yule channel.


Tried a few tricks with the digital camera and the blue Christmas tree. Some interesting shots. Might just try to turn them into some art some day.

You don't want to hear about the interpersonal drama between the family at Christmas. Just suffice it to say that we all got together for the holidays. It can, however, be hard work. But it's worth it.