Tim’s Twelve Days before Christmas Day 2

Tim’s Twelve Days before Christmas

Day 2

Tim woke up and slipped into his clothes. He was 14 and just yesterday he had been sledding with his uncle Charles. Today he and his dad were going to get a Christmas tree.

Tim slipped on his coat which he had left on the floor and walked into the dining room. He ate a bowl of cereal while his dad drank his coffee. After they had eaten and washed the dishes Tim and his dad loaded into the SUV.

After they loaded up Tim quickly got out of the car. "I forgot Bouncer." He ran into the house and got his dog. He took Bouncer out to the car. Bouncer sat on Tim’s lap on the way there. Bouncer was a little retriever.

They soon got to the Christmas tree place. Tim got out of the car holding Bouncer. His father got out and started walking to the entrance. Tim followed his father.

There were lots of Christmas trees green, yellow, pink, orange and blue. There were Christmas trees of every size and color.

Tim wanted a black Christmas tree so the lights would show, but his dad said that they should get a green tree. Tim found a green tree that he liked but his father said it was much too large.

Bouncer was excited about being out of the house. Bouncer rarely went out of the house.  He slept most of the time.

Tim lifted one of his arms and pointed to another tree. Bouncer jumped out of Tim’s arms and started running around sniffing everything. Tim chased after bouncer. Tim’s father looked at Tim. "Told you that you should have put him in the man purse."

Tim frowned and turned his concentration on catching the dog. Bouncer kept running under the trees making it hard for Tim to catch him.

Tim’s dad tried to corner Bouncer but Bouncer was so small that he dashed underneath him. Something caught Bouncer’s attention. A couple feet away was an old woman with a poodle. Bouncer dashed toward the poodle.

Tim saw Bouncer head for the poodle and tried to cut him off. Bouncer maneuvered in between Tim’s legs and kept running for the poodle. The poodle tugged on the leash pulling it from her owner’s hand.

The poodle ran towards Bouncer. Bouncer and the poodle jumped on each other and started playing with each other. Tim waited for the right time then leapt from where he was hiding and grabbed bouncer.

The poodle jumped back in surprise. The owner grabbed her and lifted her up. "Bad doggy." The lady attached the leash to the poodle then continued shopping. Tim lifted bouncer up and put him in his backpack.

Tim’s dad found a medium sized Christmas tree. It was green and very beautiful. Tim’s dad paid for it then asked Tim to help him carry it. Tim ran over to help his dad.

The two of them put the tree on top of the SUV. Tim loaded up and let Bouncer out. Bouncer started bouncing in the vehicle. Tim’s father got in and started the vehicle.

"Now to get the Christmas lights." They drove in the direction of home. They stopped at Lowes and started looking for the lights.

Tim suggested that they could ask someone but his father just kept looking. Soon Tim’s father asked someone where the Christmas section was. The man pointed to an aisle. They went down the aisle and found a very large selection of lights.

There were many colors of lights. They decided on green to match the tree. They loaded the lights up into the SUV and then got in. They drove back home.

They arrived just in time for lunch. They ate sandwiches and some green beans. Tim let Bouncer run around the house while they unloaded the Christmas tree. Tim’s father got the tree while Tim got the Christmas lights.

Tim’s mother made some hot chocolate while they put the tree up. "Look its shedding" Natasha said. Tim laughed "yeah look at Bouncer." Bouncer was under the tree sleeping covered with green stuff.

Natasha and Tim burst out laughing. All the noise woke up Bouncer. Bouncer sat up and shook all the green stuff off.

Then green stuff went flying through the air. They finished putting the tree up. Natasha went down to the basement to find the ornaments while Tim went to find their old lights.

Natasha brought up the ornaments. Tim could not find the old lights so he got the new ones. Tim pulled the lights out of the box and spread them out. Natasha opened a big box that had all sort of ornaments in it.

Tim put the lights on the ground and helped Natasha pick which ornaments to use. They decided on some homemade ones that they made last year. They put the ornaments on the tree then walked over to the lights. Tim grabbed one string and Natasha grabbed a string of lights also.

Tim slowly wrapped the lights around the tree then plugged them in. The tree lit up and Natasha ran over to the wall and turned the lights to the room off. Tim covered the windows then looked at the tree.

The tree lit up the whole room. Their mother walked in holding two cups of hot chocolate. "Kids it looks wonderful. But turn on the lights so I don't drop your hot chocolate." The light quickly came on.

Tim’s mother handed Tim and Natasha hot chocolate. They quickly drank it and started cleaning up their mess. It was soon supper time. They ate and quickly cleaned up.

Tim went to his room and started a book. Bouncer followed Tim up to his room. Natasha went to her room and got on her laptop.

There were only 10 more days till Christmas.