It’s not really Christmas until you get the tree. Thankfully we live in Oregon where Doug Firs are plentiful and, to be honest, I really wanted the tree more for the fact that I would have somewhere to put the Christmas presents rather than anything to do with the Christmas spirit. I have to say though, that when Kei carried the 7 foot tree into our house and the smell of fresh pine completely took over, it made me want to reach for the mulled wine. Christmas has come to the Ishida house.