12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS......DAY 1

I thought I'd share another Christmas gift idea that I'm currently working on. Every year for Christmas, the bub's co-workers pool their money together to get a bigger gift for the owners of the company (the main bosses). For the past, well, I can't really remember, I've been in charge of putting the gift together. I don't mind actually PUTTING the gift together, it's just hard to figure out what to do for them year after year. I mean, these people have three homes, what do you give someone like that? This year (after literally months of thought) I decided to do the 12 days of Christmas, MY style. I've actually have had a lot of fun with this. It was kind of hard thinking about what to do for each day and coming up with the verses, but once I finally got that figured out (thanks mom for the help!) it's been a lot of fun to put together. Because I didn't have a lot of money to work with, this has had to be VERY budget friendly. So, I give you Day 1: A Partridge in a Pear Tree (I took a 2 ft. Alpine tree and rag tie decorated it. I then found a cute serving dish, placed the tree in it, put some fabric around the bottom and then placed the pears in it. I also found some really cute tea towels with pears on them at Tai Pan....how perfect is that?)


Here's the verse I started with:

'Twas the first day of Christmas and all through the house, er, office, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. 'Cept suddenly some little souls did appear, it is the Harmony Crew, bringing you holiday cheer. Today calls for a partridge in your pear tree, but partridges are tough to catch, as we came to see. So how 'bout fresh pears, and a few ornaments for the bird? These pears are quite tasty, or so we have heard. Today's the first day, and this is where it all starts. Know that each of these gifts comes straight from our hearts. Now each day going foward, we'll bring gifts to your door. The twelve days of Christmas, not one less or one more. Beware of this warning - the crew will be here. But you better not look, or we will all disappear. Then all of your gifts that we've carefully planned, on some other desk they will surprisingly land.