Well, this is interesting...

I love my apartment!  Really I do.  I think my location is absolutely enviable (in a historical downtown), and the apartment is so me.  I have wood floors, a great view of the historical downtown, and lots of closets.  It's a beautiful big place for me to live.

So I took down my Christmas tree this week.  I usually do it after 12th Night, but this year, I was so busy with school and work obligations that it took a little longer.  My tree is a four-foot-tall, artificial one that's already pre-decorated with little house, star, and bird ornaments.  I won it at the Festival of Trees when I was 8 years old, and I've always loved putting it up each year.  It's my own "tree"-dition, and it looks quite good for its nearly 20 years.

Now that the tree is taken down, the next question is, where do I put it?  I don't have a storage unit in my building.  Since my unit used to be two studios (it's quite nice), I have five closets and a decent-sized pantry.  I figured I would put the tree in one of those closets and take it out next year...

Well, what a shock I was in for!  It doesn't fit in ANY of my closets!  To be fair, I didn't attempt to put it in the pantry, but that's only because the pantry is full of food and kitchen stuff.  The other closets are either standard-sized, where a Murphy bed used to be (so, tall but really skinny), and one broom closet.  The tree is short, but it's too wide to go in there without damaging it.

So now the tree is in an alcove near my bedroom and bathroom.  I didn't have anything there before, but it's going to be quite interesting when I entertain next.  My guests are going to either be really confused or amused that there is a decorated Christmas tree by my bedroom!