So I broke down and decided to put up some exterior lights on my house this year.

The year before last, I had some displayed on two windows inside, and even put up my feeble 6 ft. pre-lit Christmas tree - but I skipped everything last year. Just didn't feel like it was worth the hassle, since I spent Christmas Eve at my uncle's place in Clermont with a bunch of cousins and extended family, and then was over at my folks' house all Christmas Day.

This year I bought some of the hanging icicle-style white lights, and added to the windows on the front of my townhouse.  For posterity, I decided it was picture worthy, so here you go:



And here are a couple of the tree.  Only extras I added to the pre-lit branches were some silver and gold metallic ornaments. I may get a small star for it, too. Keep it simple, I say - makes for faster and easier cleanup later.



That's probably the extent of my decorating, since, again, I'll be with other family during the actual celebrating and gifting and stuff.  But hey - at least it's something.  And I don't feel like such a grinch.

And one of these days - soon, probably after Christmas - I'm gonna get some good snapshots of all the fandom-related posters, prints, and other art that adorn all the walls and shelves of my house, and make an entry just for those. Believe me when I say the volume of "stuff" I've accumulated, geek-wise, scares even me sometimes.
 




Kristen Bell is awesome.