<p>The past few days have been so busy.  I know I&#39;m not the only one, but still.  At least I managed to put the tree up last night.  I&#39;m so excited - it&#39;s our first tree!  The Husband and I have lived together for 3 years, but we&#39;ve never had a tree since we always went to one of our parent&#39;s place for Christmas.</p>

<p>Why is it that if you are one of the &quot;the young&quot; in your family, you are supposed to pick up and go somewhere else for every holiday?  It&#39;s expected.  But we don&#39;t have to do it ANYMORE.  </p>

<p>Now that we have The Boy, we have a bulletproof excuse for not going to visit his parents in Europe this Christmas.  We visited my parents for Thanksgiving, and that was enough.  So instead we bought a tree and decorated it (I have been buying ornaments the day after Christmas since The Husband and I moved in together in preparation for this day) yet we have no plans for the 25th.  The Boy is too young to remember this Christmas, but soon we will have to agree on what traditions we want to continue, and what new ones we will create.  But this year I am too tired to even do my Christmas shopping, let alone stress about creating childhood memories for my child.  So our Christmas will be light on the presents and long on the laziness.</p>
