About a week and a half ago (in human time), Elise and Brandon brought a tree from outside, inside!  I don't know what this is all about.  I vaguely remember something like this last year, but the tree smelled like plastic.  Once they propped it up, they put sparkly things on it, and hung some little toys all over.  I learned quickly that I'm not supposed to touch the toys, so I am still trying to figure out what the purpose of this is.  Boxes in pretty paper (I do remember shredding paper like this last year) started appearing under the tree this week.  I wonder if there's a new Nylabone in one of them.  Mine is finally falling apart.  I like to sit in the living room, by the tree, because it smells like outside.  Well...that, and I want to keep an eye on it.  You never know when I might need to bark at it.