All Decorated

It must have been the previous night's tree lighting festivities that made me be right on the ball and in the mood to decorate.  I pretty much do the same thing every year so at this point it doesn't take a ton of thought or effort to get everything together.

Before I had barely gotten started Lou curled up and took a nap:

Here is the finished tree:

And here is the mantel:

After I decorated I continued listening to Christmas music while making a pumpkin spice cake with chocolate glaze. My favorite holiday song is Little Drummer Boy but being a child of the 80's I never feel like the season begins until I hear "Do They Know It's Christmas?"