lol - yeah, our tree sucks so bad :lol: But it reminds me of when me and my sis were kids and deocrated the tree...and then my parents altering it bit by bit right up until Christmas day so we didn't notice that the changes took place :lol:
Just ordered the bike - it's the cheapest I could find for her age group and will be here two weeks before Christmas which gives me two weeks to put the damn thing together :lol:
My Christmasses as a kid were awesome - my family were dirt poor and we had nothing, really, but just opening that one present we got each on the day (bearing in mind we only ever got gifts on our birthday otherwise) was so exciting and valued more because we knew it would be a good 8 months before our next present...makes me sound somewhat dickensian but it really was like that - these days kids get everything they want plus more and have no concept of what it means to really receive a gift - they're too busy asking for the receipt so they can change it for something else
/parental rant :lol: