Since I won't be here for Christmas, I decided to not decorate the house. No tree, no lights, nothing. I'm sure we look like the Resident Jews of the block! I asked my daughter if she wanted to put up the tree and she said no. We were both thinking about the pain of taking it down again! Really and truly, it lessened the stress. I'm having my daughter's girlfriend over Monday night and we're celebrating an early Christmas for my kid. Dinner French style. A lot of fun. I did it last year.