We have our Christmas tree!
Just kidding. We’re going for a real one this year and haven’t gotten it yet…so this cardboard one will have to do for the time being.
We did set up the outdoor lights, though.
A certain someone had to be his weird self as usual. 
Closest to the house was decorated in white and blue lights while the bottom of our driveway had colorful lights. We had major issues with these, though. Every single strand had at least one section out. Go figure.
How lights manage to get tangled and die just sitting in the basement is beyond me. We did what we could to make our stubborn lights look good by overlapping the dead strands with live ones. It ended up working out pretty well.
In the end, our front lawn was bright and beautiful.
Now all that’s left is convincing the parents to get on of those giant inflatable snow globes.
Dinner
For dinner, we had homemade seafood chowder and gluten-free biscuits.
I gobbled this up- both were so good! The biscuits are so simple to make, too:
Gluten-free biscuits
- 1 cup Pamela’s Baking Mix
- 1/4 cup butter (we used the spreadable tub kind)
- 1/3 cup + 1 T milk
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a large bowl, pour baking mix and cut in butter with a fork until mixture resembles course crumbs. Pour milk into mixture and stir until well blended. Drop by spoonfuls onto greased baking sheet (do not let dough sit long between mixing and baking). Bake 12 minutes until golden brown on top.
Serve warm with jam, butter, or…chowder!
Have a wonderful night, everyone!
**How do you decorate for holidays? Do you go all out or keep it light?
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I’d like to go all out. Some day. That guy is weird! Happy Hollidays!
Yeah, he’s a goofball. :)
haha I love the cardboard tree! Where did you get it? My only Christmas decoration is a lonely reindeer candle…pathetic, I know.
My aunt got it a really, really long time ago at an all-year Christmas store and we finally put it up today. One would go perfectly with your reindeer candle! Just be sure to keep it unlit. :)
My apartment is pretty much Christmas free… having finals up to the 23rd means Christmas goes on hold until Christmas Eve haha. Love the lights and those biscuits look really good!
Great pics! Love the tree :D
that chowder looks reaaaaaaally good. as far as decorating goes, i put out christmas placemats and a pink mini tree. and that’s about it.
Love the pics! i always have to have a mega decorated tree at Christmas and go all out!
I LOOOVE to decorate, so if I can, I go all out!!
I love the look of that chowder. I bet it is so tasty and comforting!
Those snowflake lights are so pretty!
Since I’m away at school, I don’t get to do much decorating but my family always waits for me to come home for decorating the tree! I can’t wait!
Dinner looks gooooood. The tree looks good too. If you had to have a cardboard tree, at least it’s a cute one!
I love Christmas lights!! And that chowder and biscuits looks delicious!
Love the outdoor christmas lights!! :-)