Getting ready for my family’s rescheduled Christmas tomorrow, I ran into a problem: we don’t have a Christmas tree in the apartment, and the only working holiday lights here are the nine artificial candles on my mom’s menorah. So, what does a Christmas-lights fanatic do in such a situation? He improvises:

Yes, that is an image of a Christmas tree on our television screen — this image, in fact, of Becky’s and my outdoor tree, displayed from this website using our newly installed WebTV system — and yes, those are real presents underneath the virtual tree. :)

The aforementioned menorah is on top of the TV, as you can see, with my dad’s as-yet-unopened Hanukkah gifts next to it. And of course, there are plenty of stuffed animals looking on, as with any major Loomer-Loy family event. In fact, there are at least a dozen more stuffies not visible in the picture, also participating in the festivities.

The setup is actually quite nice… surprisingly Christmasy.

Merry Christmas! :)

UPDATE: I forgot to make note of the Christmas stocking hanging from the TV antenna. Like I said… improvisation. :) “The stockings were hung by the TV with care…”