It's starting to look a lot like Christmas

After much harrassment from my 6 year old, we put up the Christmas tree and decorations for the mantle this past weekend. I must admit that's all I've done so far, but I am really happy with the way it turned out. The little white birds are from Pretty Birdy (naturally) and at only $4 ea they're a lovely addition to any Christmas tree. This is the first time I have ever been able to have a full size tree, as the last house we lived in was TINY. My mother had bought me some gorgeous glass baubles a few years ago, and I've never been able to put them out until this year. So this year for my first real tree I have a theme of red, white and black, which has turned out really well against the dark brown walls in our lounge room. As for Christmas day, I am going to do a really natural, green and white bush Christmas theme for the Christmas table, which involves filling jugs full of cuttings of bottlebrush, flowering gum and any other greenery that looks interesting from the garden. I've got loads of little milk jugs to fill and crystal and glass candlesticks that I have been collecting for the table. As much as I love colour, I am looking forward to a crisp, white, clean table for Christmas.