We finally got a Christmas tree to put up. It was purchased at a "Maxima" which is similar to Target or Wal-Mart in the US. It's a large chain of grocery stores with a section for clothes, games, books, housewares, etc. The Maxima Susanne usually goes to is attached to the Akropolis mall which happens to be the largest mall in the Baltics. At this time of year, there are literally bus-loads of people who come here from Belarus, Latvia and who knows where to do their Christmas (or Hanukkah) shopping. The tree is about a foot short of the 11 1/2 foot ceilings on the main floor of the house and cost about the equivalent of $40. We bought a saw for about $3 so James would not be forced to resort to using his Leatherman to trim the end and branches like he did last year. (It took him the better part of the day.) Some people might say, why didn't he buy one last year? Finding things here is no small task. First you have to find out where something is likely to be, then you have to find out how to get there, then you have to fight traffic to get there. A simple errand for us in the US might take several hours here. Hence the reaction to avoid it and try to make-do. Someone we know spent several days looking for a hot glue gun simply because she doesn't speak Lithuanian and didn't know where to look. Anyway, the tree looks lovely.
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