Unveiling The Christmas Tree

The best part of the holiday season, hands down, is decorating the Christmas Tree. Getting to decorate the tree for the holidays with your loved ones is a big tradition for most families. Plus, we all know it's officially Christmas time when the tree comes out.

When it comes down to picking out a tree there are so many options. Some people have a fake tree they use every year, which is very smart and saves a bunch of money. While others purchase an actual real tree, that smells really good. Plus let's face it, real trees are much better and are more authentic than a fake free.

So when Christmas time comes around to the Simpson household, we like to go as a family to our local Christmas Tree lot and look for our perfect tree. Traditionally, our perfect tree is a 6 foot tree with heavy flocked tips. For those of you who have no idea, a flocked tree is a tree is a tree basically covered in artificial snow. So the Christmas Tree looks like snow has lightly fallen. Because even though we can't really have a white Christmas in Southern California, the flocking makes it feel more wintery and festive.

The next part of the process when it comes to prepping the tree is picking a theme. Yes, we're one of those families that comes up with a different theme for our tree each year. In the past we have had a Frozen themed tree, an Ireland themed tree and so many more that I can't even remember. A lot of the time, we pick a theme based off how the year has been.

This year, my mom originally planned to have a really depressing theme. She wanted to have a tree in mourning, and decorate it in all black. Shockingly, no store sells solid black ornaments, thank goodness. So instead of being completely morbid we decided to have a happier tree. So this year's theme was around the world! Normally whenever my family travels purchase an ornament from the vacation destination. So over the years, we've accumulated a lot of ornaments so it was something easy and simple to do! Plus, we won't be home this year for Christmas, so the travel theme really works this year.

I may be a little biased, but I think the tree looks amazing! Plus, how can you not love the warm feeling you get when you see or walk by the tree. Plus seeing all the presents under the tree gives you that warm and fuzzy feeling inside, even though those presents may not be for you. It's hard to not feel festive when you take the time to decorate and admire the tree.

And there you have it, you have now seen the Simpson's Christmas Tree! What does your Christmas Tree look like this year, do you have a theme or maybe a color scheme? Let me know! Also, tweet me pictures of your Christmas Tree at @heykaitlinmary I'd love to see your Christmas Tree pictures this year!

Until tomorrow.