I still haven’t taken the Christmas tree down .... It’s too nice so I don’t really want to, plus I’ve not had much free time lately to take it down - but that’s just an excuse I suppose. The lights look too beautiful and it’s still in great shape as it’s rooted. I suppose eventually we either need to put it on the balcony - where the space is already a bit limited, or plant it *somewhere* (we don’t have a garden). I’m not sure that it will survive the Italian summer though, being from colder parts (if indeed it is) - it’s more common to find citrus trees here than spruce varieties.

But really, I don’t want it to go. Maybe I could just take the baubles off and have it as a “house plant” with lights on...?

Have I’ve become one of these people who have the Christmas decorations up all year round like it’s always Christmas? In my defence though, I have taken the other Christmas bits down, it’s just the tree that I’m somewhat attached to :)