While marriage is about compromise, we've got the picture of it this Christmas season. Both of our personalities show through in the disagreement over what a Christmas Tree should look like. My preference: white lights, neat, ordered, coordinated, evenly distributed ornaments with a matching theme or color scheme. Mike's preference: colored lights, mismatched ornaments old and new, tinsel, sparkle and disorder. We started with one tree easily acquired with a December wedding to start us out. In a small first home, we kept that tree and decorated it in matching ornaments all the same color as the wedding decorations from the year prior. Fast forward two more Christmases to a house with two floors and that leaves the need for TWO TREES! Now, at first, Mike was not on board. . . until I found the perfect prim tree at an awesome deal through a friend. He went for it. 
You'd think two trees would settle any issues over the competing ideals. To the contrary, the control freak in me saw placing colored lights on a pre-lit tree with white bulbs already in place as a pretty dumb idea. When Mike proposed an alternative to include hanging colored lights from the basement ceiling instead. . . well, I caved. The two of us are stubborn but always want the other to be happy. (I would say this is only under these conditions that compromise truly works.) Hence, the 2 trees Mike gave into and the colored lights adorning the basement tree. You can tell our hearts are in the right place even if the lights aren't.
How does this somehow still turn into three trees? Well, we're not the only two family members in the Decker house. Thus, Tucker and Lily have their very own tree too. It's adorned with paw prints to state the obvious. By the color scheme and orderly ornament placement, you can tell I did the decorating but it's still all for them. In the end, while I love my prim tree with homemade decorations, I seem to think our future gift openings will take place next to the basement fireplace surrounded by colored lights and mismatched ornaments. None ranks higher than the other; all are fun and enjoyable bringing holiday cheer to our home. But mine is tallest! :)
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