The Season for Purple

or how to solve a difference of opinion. Mark always complains of Christmas starting too early and Advent getting the short end of the deal. True to his beliefs, he always has refused to get a Christmas tree until the third Sunday in Advent (Gaudete Sunday). Until this year. Torn between his opinion (which I share), and the kids, who want to have the Christmas tree up when everybody else has theirs, I came up with a compromise: An Advent Tree. I found some purple lights ( I promise they are purple, however pink they might look in this picture)

some purple ornaments

And made it into an Advent tree!

Gabi added some more touches of purple throughout the house

And now we can be festive without forgetting that the waiting is not over, and the time to celebrate is not here yet.