Choosing our Christmas Tree

For the (nearly 10) years we've lived in Australia we've always chosen to have a 'real' Christmas tree. It's a bit crazy really as Canberra's often very hot summers usually wilt the thing within a few days leaving a floppy and often grey looking tree up the corner of your living room for a month.

Still, we persist with our 'tradition'. Some friends have bought me a tree for the last couple of years direct from a grower in Gundaroo. This year Audrey and I went with them and had fun choosing our tree (from a field containing probably thousands of beautifully trimmed trees). Audrey had ambitions on enormous trees (some which wouldn't have looked out of place in Trafalgar Square) but I talked her down into one which fit nicely in our living room.

I'd managed to buy some decorations at heavily reduced prices in the January (2017) sales and so we
had fun decorating it when we got home.



Choosing our tree

Decorating

Christmas selfie

In all its glory



Happy Christmas from the Hickmans!