Here's a peek at one of our (many) holiday highlights. My son and I rigged up this ornament hoist with a pulley, some rope, and a carabiner. The idea is this: hook up an ornament, climb up six or seven stairs, pull the ornament up, and hang it on a high tree branch.
Repeat. And repeat some more.
And then unhook the ornaments, lower them down, and do it all over again.
If I told you this kept him busy for hours on end for the last few days before Christmas, it would be an understatement. While listening to Christmas carols on my husband's jobsite radio (as I bustled about), he hooked-up, hoisted, and hung to his heart's delight.
And so what if almost all of the ornaments were jammed on the two or three most reachable branches? Our tree was definitely a labor of love this year.
Lopsided, yes. But a labor of love nonetheless.
