Dear Liza,
At our house, we celebrate both Hannukah and Christmas. And last week, we celebrated both in one day!
Friday was predicted to be our last dry day for a while, so we headed out to get our Christmas tree. Our favorite lot is down at Belmont and 48th. The prices have gone up because of the local growers losing so many trees to the fires the past two summers, but we paid anyway. We chose a lovely Nordman pine from a farm just down the road in Molalla. We named her Molly.
The nice man gave Molly a trim and tied her onto Miles and we headed home. And that’s where the next adventure started.
The last few years, we have wrestled our tree through the garage and up the stairs. Unfortunately, this leaves a sticky trail of pine needles in the carpet. This year, Auntie Bridgett suggested we pull it up over the balcony. It looked impossible, but with the three of us working together, it worked really well!
And in no time, Molly was up and ready for decorations. But they would have to wait until tomorrow, because we had to get ready for a Hannukah party.
I’ll tell you about that tomorrow!
Love,
Grandma Judy
Dear Liza 