hideous christmas

my friends and i donated this tree to this fundraiser. it was so cool and so much fun to be a part of. long story short....we've gone to this fundraiser for years. it's for a school in the area that helps disabled children. it used to be really small, now it is upwards of 300-400 people. you go to this event and magical people have put together trees with lots of goodies on them that you can put raffle tickets in and win. this year there were 80 trees. it was awesome. what was awesome too, is that for the first time, my friends and i decided to try to be magical. we had to think of a theme for our tree. at first, we thought, "sex and the city". then, after visions of dildos hanging from the tree, we opted out of that one. we chose "girls night out" figured....there were plenty of girls there and hey, maybe they needed a night out. My friend margie went out and knocked on every storefront she could find, getting donations. she got: massage, 3 hair cuts, microderm-abraison, two girly movies, a beijo wallet, dinner theater tickets, etc. it was a haul. people went nuts over this tree. my cousin handpainted martini glasses. it was awesome. o.k....i do realize, honestly, that the tree is hideous looking. it hurts my eyes. but it was for a good cause. and we got to be elves for a day