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As it is almost the end of January, I felt that I should get myself in gear and finish my 2017 Christmas posts. Here is the process I went though this year for the two large trees and one small tree that I decorated for the Festival of Trees First I measured the spaces needed down in my basement game /family area. This tree required a 7x9 foot area and the other required a 9 by 14 foot area. Next I put the trees bag where I wanted to put the tree up in each space. Then I got my ornaments gathered. Next was assembling the trees and checking to make sure the lights worked, as they are always new trees, so far I have not had a problem with lights. Then I put some of the ornaments on, the tree topper on, and the tree skirt around it to check how I am planning it to look. Next I stack the boxes I am going to wrap to had depth and high to the display Then I put out he other items I have that go with the tree theme. This one was a Hogwarts Christmas, of course. ...

This is the first of several post about the festival and what I created or co-created for the Festival of Trees, which benefits Primary Children's Hospital. As Children two of my Kids, Holly and Scott, both were under the care of this Hospital. As was one of my nieces, Emma, They are some of the lucky ones as the hospital was able to help all three of these kids become heathy adult with fairly normal lives. Thank you to the doctors, staff and everyone involved with this awesome hosital and I hope that the moneys raised from this event help other kids grow into adults. For many years I and Holly have been doing projects for festival of trees each holiday season.  In 2016 Holly came up with an idea for a wreath display. By the time we talked it over, there was not an end cap available for the 2016 Festival, so we decided to put it off until 2017. I got on line the first day you could register for spots in the festival (July 1, 2017) and put in a request for the space we wanted. Af...