I had forgotten about having to do this until I went to visit my friend.  I thought she had been interrupted while she was decorating her tree because it only looked half-decorated.  Then her two dogs got into a playful wrestling match, and I realized why the decorations only went from the middle up. “Don’t decorate below the Dog Line!”  (We had a similar phrase in my family that said not to eat the grapes that grew below the Dog Line.)

Geordie always liked taking a nap under the tree.  I wasn’t sure if he were waiting for Santa or if he were participating in the nativity.  Perhaps a little of both!