Tree decorating evokes memories

I am a bit late decorating the tree this year. Decided it couldn’t just sit on the side countertop, and magically, one morning, I would get up and it would be completely decorated on the small table in front of the deck doors.
Son #4 did put it on the small table. It was partially still decorated from last year (some stray man wandered in, saw the half-decorated tree, and took it downstairs and sat it on its year-long perch down there). But it does need a bit more to make it pretty.