12 Days To Go

See this entry for an explanation of this madness.

The wonderfully filled-out tree rustled as Dominic stepped away from it.

"Isn't that just the biggest and best Christmas tree you have ever seen?" he announced, elbowing Elijah slightly in anticipation of a response.

Elijah attempted to placate him with what felt like a somewhat less than adequate and overly hesitant smile as he regarded the precariously balanced and inappropriately large tree.

"It's very nice."

Dominic evidently awaited more effusive approval for the evergreen.

"It's a wonderful, magnificent tree, it's very... bushy. It's just, well, you're really supposed to wait until the very end before putting the star on top."