This year’s Christmas tree was a bit of a rush compared to the ‘homemade pastels’ of last year, the ‘grey and red knit‘, or even the ‘guesthouse miniature’ of our very first family Northern Hemisphere Christmas.

And so, ok, I went back to my default setting of ‘RED!’

But not only because of the time issue. Also because, it is, objectively, a better colour than all the others.

Colour and Texture SMASH. Just smashing!

And this year, with a tad of home sickness setting in, and a growing collection of related tree hangings received from our assorted relatives, we went with something a little bit Australian.

And so, our tree became some sort of tannenbaum-red berry-eucalypt hybrid, casting its crazy spooky shadows across our living room walls.

  

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And then, with arrival of presents, cards and even more ornaments from our loved ones back home, our tree broke into the ueber, and became this:   

Who even knew how beautiful Christmas time could be, when it comes complete with cactus?

(Thank you Lauren and Josh! This little fellow is currently in Greece with us)

  

A big thanks to our friends and family, for making Christmas some extra kind of magical. Lots of love to you all, and miss you Aussies heaps.