Our Mini Christmas Tree

After Thanksgiving, they begin popping up everywhere, imported from upstate and ready to be decorated for the holidays. Bodegas sell tiny trees perfect for even tinier apartments; make-shift stands, manned all-night by guys listening to carols, sell small-, medium-, and full-size firs, which they'll help you load into a cab.

We bought ours on Saturday, from a stand at the Union Square Greenmarket. It's a little less lopsided with the ornaments, isn't it?