Christmas is coming (rather slowly at our house)

Amongst the stomach flu, trips to the E.R. (yes, we are all finally much better, although Nathan never got sick - lucky guy!) we finally got around to buying a christmas tree! Nathan still doesn't understand christmas, but he loves the twinkly lights and having a live tree in our dining room (better known as Nathan's playroom). Now, if I can only find the energy to finish putting ornaments on it. I keep trying to tell myself that Nathan will just pull them off, so there is no need to put them up. But that won't work - a Christmas tree needs ornaments, otherwise I just killed a tree and put in my house for no reason.