oh christmas tree

It's December 13th. We--or rather Alex, who has a few days off this week--just got our Christmas tree today, and tonight we--or probably just me--are supposed to decorate it. The Christmas tree is an issue every year. I don't think Alex puts enough lights on it, and he thinks my ornaments aren't enough "fun." The one thing that we do agree on, however, is the size of the Christmas tree. Going back to our days in New York, we've always had a thing for the "Charlie Brown" Christmas tree. In New York City, it's a fact of life that your 300 square-foot studio apartment can't handle more than a 4-foot tree. In Charlotte, we feel sorry for all the little guys left shivering in the lot in favor of the giant Frasier (or is it Douglass?) firs that get first prize and are awarded a prime spot in some McMansion's bay window. So we've kept our Charlie Brown tradition going. I'm sure some day the kids will think we're total weirdos and wonder why our tree is always the smallest on the block, but you have to have some sort of Christmas tradition, right?