It’s been prep for the holiday week at work.

Next week is the big Christmas celebration in town. Pre-COVID tens of thousands of people came to visit in the first weekend after thanksgiving.

When I first worked there we discovered that it was a drinking occasion. Plastic cups, kegs of cheap beer, pizza served on paper plates. The last year we did this one bar did 7,000 dollars just in alcohol in 9 hours.

Long way of saying that I was tasked with decorating. This is the fourth restaurant that has given me this task.

At my last job I was given a ton of money to decorate. Fun fact, Xmas is expensive. The money did not go far.

This year I decided to keep it simple.

Decorate the tree the restaurant already had. Bring another tree from home. Simple decorations.

And I think the final result although simple was quite nice.

The best thing was that we added a very romantic two top next to the big tree which has become a favorite.

So if you want a romantic dinner for two next to the tree let me know.

Meanwhile since we are a few miles out of town we hope that people visit us not to drink but to enjoy an amazing dinner.