Gale I am with you about taking the tree down, but like you everyone here wants it up a little longer.

I was lucky this Christmas - we didn't have any company (we were the ones visiting others), so my machine was able to stay on the diningroom table. It is such torture when it has to be put away for occations when we have visitors and decide to eat in the diningroom. I'm trying to only make friends with folks who don't mind sitting at the island in the kitchen and eating (wow - that sounds pretty bad, huh?)!!