traditions.

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we would have all of our halls decked around here by now, but our christmas decorations are mia. i have no idea why they disappeared from where we stored them, but hopefully they'll turn up. 

for now we have an artificial pre-lit tree and nothing else. 

artificial because last year we had a real one and i literally couldn't breathe for 2 months. it sucked and i'll never have a real tree again. i would be sad, but i value breathing too much.

the tree looks stupid. there are no ornaments. 

i'm not buying anymore. maybe after christmas is over i'll buy a few, but not before then. and maybe not even until next year. the lack of ornaments now has me too annoyed to bother spending anymore money. that stuff is expensive!

i'm trying to get more into the christmas spirit that i was in pre-disappearing ornaments but it's hard when our apartment looks the same but with some random tree in it. 

i'd like to start some new traditions and watch old christmas movies. i'd also love to have hot chocolate but it's 65 degrees outside and our apartment is always so hot, so i don't know if hot chocolate is in the cards for me. 

maybe the missing ornaments are a lesson in my goal to live more simply. i had 3 themes of ornaments purchased, planning to use them on a rotating basis. i can't do that anymore. now, i'll just but 1 theme and live with that. having less is much better anyway.