Daddy calls it our "redneck" tree. It's a Martha Stewart K-Mart special. The 4 1/2 foot pre-lit artificial tree glows forth with utter tackiness, but Ella loves it. No disrespect to anyone who has artificial trees, I've just always had live ones, even if they were sparse Charlie Brown trees.
But, the fake tree does several things for us. It does not need water or shed limbs or needles, all of which would end up in Ella's mouth. And, it's charming in its own way. She adores all the lights so we had to put up something.
Ella enjoyed helping Daddy put it together and she admired it with complete and utter joy when it was in place and all lit up. Tacky or not, against my rule book or not, it was all worth this face.
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