Christmas Tree 2006 and the first presents

Well, here is our Christmas tree, all decked-out for 2006...I put it together last Wednesday night and Lisa did the decorations over the weekend. Yeah it's an artificial one that we've had for a few years now, which I know that some people swear by getting a real one for the holidays... and let's face it, no fake tree will ever have that wonderful scent that effuses through the living room from a real natural pine. But this one does have the advantage of being a pre-lit tree! And as you can see there are already presents underneath. Those would be from Lisa, 'cuz I always do my wrapping in the last day or so before Christmas. Maybe when the time comes I'll post some pics and you can see the ummm... "beautiful" job that I usually do with wrapping gifts.

Speaking of gifts, a package arrived in yesterday's mail. It was from "Weird" Ed and his lovely bride Olivia and their kid Tristan. Inside was a lovely angel Christmas ornament for Lisa, and they sent me this:Star Wars Trivial Pursuit DVD Game! It's such a beautiful thing that I still haven't taken the shrink-wrap off the box (which is a nifty decorative tin). It was terrific enough to make a blog post about. The tragedy of the thing is that Lisa and I agree that we can't play this game together 'cuz I would be nigh-invulnerable and the obvious runaway winner. Maybe I'll get together a lil' group of fellow Star Wars uber-geeks (like Darth Larry) and we can have a real cutthroat game of this. That might even be something worth videotaping and sticking on YouTube. Anyway, what a great first gift for this holiday season!