Yaye's Season of Sharing

In the spirit of making our new blog colorful, I submit these images:

1. O Tannenbaum. This is the top 1/5 of a frasier fir from my backyard. It's sitting on my dining room table, in an effort to keep my two dogs from the lethal pine potion a-brewing in the tree stand. This photo was taken on 12/24 in the afternoon, and all those gifts were then piled into the car and taken to my in-laws. Husband and I don't really exchange gifts. We usually come up with one expensive item that we both want and purchase it after the holidays are over.

2. Wall Thingy. I took the branches I pruned from the fir and stacked them into a little decorative sleigh, added some cinnamon-scented pine cones and a red ribbon, then placed it all on my wall shelf where I normally display a silk Asian horse print. For some reason, I like to look at this.

3. Nutcracker. This thing scares the bejesus out of my husband. Has anybody ever opened a nut with one of these?