We saw:

1. Benjamin Button - a very good movie for lots of reasons, good special effects!! and story line. Up to the standards you would expect for an actor like Brad Pit. However, do have some issues with the moral standards of the story line.

2. Twilight - a disappointment. The author wrote the screen play and they should have had a real screen writer do it. Also, it was obviously produced on a very low budget. It had potential, but the studio just did not have what it takes to make a quality production. The story line was pretty close to the book though condensed as it had to be for the time constraints, and the ending was different than the book.

3. Seven Pounds - Very good quality movie, up to the standards you would expect from Will Smith. However, without spoiling it for others, IMO, it glorified something that should not be glorified. We left concerned that others may emulate the Will Smith character.

We wanted to see Valkyrie, but by the time we got to the the ticket office (long lines on Christmas Day), there were only 20 seats left and we were a group of 5 and would have been sitting on one of the front two rows, so opted for Benjamin Button instead.

I love everybody's trees and collections (and pets!). I have my little laser tree and angel, which will stay up until next week. I also have a wreath on my front door and a lovely lighted one on my deck, which Jessie bought me.

Cleanup should take about 15 minutes if I take a coffee break in the middle. I love it!

I did find the box with my old tree and ornaments. When I get a chance, I'm going to look at them and decide if I'm going to keep it or give the good stuff to Jessie.
She has tons of my Christmas stuff all over the house. It's great having a daughter to hand these kind of things down to.

Okay, I got a picture of our tree this year with my new camera and our Christmas card holder

OOOHHHH your tree is really pretty pope, I love the tree skirt too. I've never seen a card holder like that....I want one now...lol.

Your tree is very beautiful, Pope!!! And I love the card holder too. I need to find something like that to display my cards too. We get so many photo cards anymore that it would be nice to display them.

We took our tree down yesterday because we're having company over tonight for New Year's Eve and there will be small children. We figured that it would help the night to go better with it down and the ornaments put away.

Becky, your tree is beautiful! We are taking ours down today. This year was definitely one of my favorite Christmases. It will be sad to take down the last of the decorations.

I think ours will be coming down this afternoon, too. All in all, this was one of the best Christmases too, and it is hard to say goodbye.

At least we have a new year of holidays to look forward to. Maybe this year will be even better!