My one need for it to feel like Christmas

[NHGal]

Without a doubt, a Christmas tree!  Without a Christmas tree it just isn't Christmas.  Despite the fact that I HATE decorating it.  I am getting better about going out and picking one out, but for years I HATED doing that as well.  For those of you who have seen National Lampon's Christmas Vacation know when they go look for their Christmas tree, it has to be the one that has the light shining down on it.  That is my sister.  We would trudge through the Christmas tree farm and look at every freaking tree and then go back to the first one we picked out.  We did this once in about a foot of snow for 2 hours and we left WITHOUT a tree!!!!

Now that I don't live with my sister anymore and I don't live in the frozen North, it is a little better.  Though this year when we went it was pretty cold, but no snow - which despite my complaining, kind of makes the experience of getting the tree.  Oh well!