Oh Christmas Tree...

The girls were fantastic on Saturday evening, helping to decorate the tree. Bob erected the tree whilst we sorted everything on the coffee table, into groups: round, wooden, soft, china, big, tiny, bells, angels etc.  Rosie stood on the sofa, I stood on the stool, and Jess handed us items to hang. Then Bob put the angel on top. We have three new decorations this year: The tiny bead angel  I made at craft group, a keyring which Ro and Liz bought back from Copenhagen in the spring, and a red plastic star. 

I think I may change the gilt chain on the Little Mermaid for some pretty ribbon. 

The star is just a red plastic one about 4cm across. It came from Wastesmiths in Great Yarmouth.  It is made from recycled plastic. Do check out their website. I was very impressed with their team I when met them in October. We cannot realistically expect to live in a world without plastic-  but we can do our best to deal with it responsibly. Rosie told me on Saturday that only 10%  of plastic which could be recycled is recycled. She also asked me to explain why I have a plastic Christmas tree, and not a real one! We do have a couple of real trees [OK, shrubs] outside the front door. We've decorated them with red "berry" lights. [Saved from the staircase garland - which went to a CS when we moved to a bungalow]

They look very festive, don't you think? When do you dec9rate your tree?