Magnolia & Main

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

As if this past weekend wasn't already good enough with all of the Thanksgiving and Clemson/Carolina game festivities, Patrick and I squeezed in one last activity to make it a truly perfect weekend.

We went to a local Christmas tree farm to cut down our first Christmas tree!

Columbia friends: Drafts Tree Farm is off of Midway Road in Lexington and our 8.5 foot tree was only $40! Patrick and I also know the family who runs this tree farm so for us, it was nice to be able to support their business.

Some of my favorite memories growing up are of going out to the Christmas tree farm on the morning after Thanksgiving to cut down our tree. We'd go with several families from our church and it was always a blast. I'm glad that I have this goof to make Christmas tree farm memories with now!

We found the perfect Christmas tree for us at the back edge of their property.

But then we started second guessing our decision and had to take another look at all of the trees again. This one ended up being the winner:

Guess who actually helped saw that bad boy down?

I handed the saw over to Patrick after like two minutes and let him finish off the sawing.

Got a tree!

Pro-tip: measure your ceilings before purchasing a Christmas tree. We got our tree in the stand and in the house only to realize that it was just a tiny bit too tall for our ceilings. Whoops.

An hour {and several Michael Buble Christmas songs later} we had our tree up with lights! Am I a little bit obsessed with it? Yes, yes I am.

I have been waiting for the day when Patrick and I would finally own our own house and be able to decorate it for Christmas. Being able to have a real Christmas tree is the best ever, especially after having a little fake Christmas tree in my apartment for so many years.

Next up: decorate it! And find something to put at the top of the tree because while we have dozens of ornaments that we've collected over the years, a tree topper is something we don't have.