Last night was the Chorale’s holiday concert. Something about getting up on stage and performing Christmas carols really gets me in the holiday spirit. Even though we’ve been rehearsing these songs for weeks, it’s not until the performance that it really feels like Christmas.

Today I was finally inspired to put up my tree. It’s fake, mainly because I don’t trust the little furballs not to climb it. We’re always out of town for Christmas, anyway, with alternating parents, one less fire hazard to worry about.

They pretty much leave the tree alone, aside from batting at the occasional ornament. We put all the indestructable ones on the bottom. Though, they seem to enjoy coughing up hairballs on the tree skirt! Every year …