A few weeks ago we got a Christmas tree. Although I would have loved to go to a tree farm like we used to as kids back in New Jersey, we've been really busy on the weekends with photo shoots and Evan's basketball coaching, so we opted for the pre-cut Menards tree. Not such a bad option, really. They have cute little trees that are perfect for our little Minneapolis house.
So one snowy Saturday night (I think the only truly snowy night of the year so far ... what's up Minnesota?) we got to work decorating our tree. But unknown to Evan, I had planted our trusty Flip Video on the bookshelf. Shhhh!
He figured it out by the end, but if you watch carefully (and I mean carefully, because it goes FAST!) you'll see him wave at the camera a little past halfway. Notice how he leaves the room for a minute at the beginning to put on a nice red shirt, per my suggestion? That may have tipped him off that something was a brewing ...
Our tree generally looks the same every year. I love anything and everything Norwegian or Swedish, so we have some straw ornaments tied with red thread, red wooden beads draped over the branches, and some wooden apples as well. I actually grew up with the same apples, and it was always tradition to start our decorating process with them, because you want them evenly distributed, of course. We also have various personalized ornaments, collected over the years -- and quite a few cows!
We're off to New Jersey for some relaxing, lots of games, and traipsing around NYC. Then we'll be back to spend some time with the Piersons at the farm. We'll definitely miss the white Christmas we had last year, but we're excited to celebrate, just the same.
Enjoy the video, and have a wonderful Christmas week!
Neatorama! See you both soon!
ReplyDeleteVery neat! How much time had actually elapsed? I was thinking this might be a fun thing to do for gift opening since all our MN family won't be able to watch.
ReplyDelete27 minutes and 12 seconds. I ran it through iMovieHD (the old version though, I can't figure out the new version) and applied the effect once, making it as fast as I could. But it wasn't nearly fast enough and it wouldn't let me apply the effect again, so I exported the video, then uploaded it again to iMovie to apply the effect a second time ... thus making it super fast. I'm sure there's an easier way to do this though, I just haven't had time to play around with it. I love your gift opening idea!
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