Merry Solo Christmas - Welcome To My Usual!

 Hello, gentle readers!

Happy Holidays!!  THIS YEAR SUCKED!  ...And because this year sucked and we're still going through the Covid-19 shitstorm, experts and officials are insisting we stay home and not gather with people outside of our households.  As a household of one, that means I'll be spending the holidays alone.  It also means BUSINESS AS USUAL!  Come on people, stop your whining, put on a mask and sit alone for a little while!  I do it every year!

Okay, to be honest, I usually fly home to El Paso, Texas, stay with my besty, Ted, visit family and enjoy the holiday for a few days.  Then, I fly back to my West Hollywood apartment and sit alone again.  As you know from previous years, usually I'm the only one to see my Christmas tree in person.  I usually entertain myself with holiday music, food and movies.  I look forward to annual parties & gatherings with different groups, but this year that won't happen.  If it does, it'll be via Zoom.  I'm okay. I'm used to that.  All I'm saying is that if I can do this every year, YOU CAN DO IT FOR ONE.  Please, stay in, avoid gatherings of people and wear a mask when you go out.  Certainly, it's easier to preach it, than do it, so if you do go against recommended behavior, do it carefully. 

Now, the actual reason I'm here...

Does my tree look gay to you?

This year I went a little nutso supporting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and bought a few Broadway themed ornaments by Glen Hanson...

I got the Grand Dame, Angela Landsbury
as Mame riding the moon

Harvey Fierstein as Edna Turnblad

from HAIRSPRAY

Carol Burnett as Princess Winnifred
from ONCE UPON A MATTRESS

And

Barbra Streisand as Fanny Brice
in FUNNY GIRL

I'm saving Glenn Close in SUNSET BOULEVARD for next year...
Is that gay?

How about these new ones?

It all started last year with the blue merman I got to commemorate our Halloween picture

Then, next thing I know, this year, there's a bunch of shirtless hunky guys in my tree!

Then, there's this...

Jackie Beat has been a tree treat since 2018, or earlier

Yeah, Broadway, shirtless hunks & drag queens...  I think my tree is sufficiently gay this year.

Here's my favorite ornament

a Mark Ryden Snow Yak

I was so excited to get this, because, usually, when I try to buy something by Mark Ryden, it sells out in 30 seconds and then can instantly be found on ebay at a $300, or more, mark up.  Assholes.

So, here are a few other "new to the tree" ornaments to fill out the Christmas tree, which I bought as souvenirs from travel or to support local artists...

Of course, you saw the cover photo for this post - Santa wearing a mask and if you look at his hat, you'll see that the ball is broken.  I was disappointed when it arrived at my home broken, but then I thought, "No, that's about right."   So up it went AS IS.

Thank you for taking the time time to see my tree and make me feel a little less alone

Gay of A Certain Age - Not this Year, Stupid Tree!

Gentle reader, as you may recall, several past Christmases have ended the same way; me, listening to post-Christmas Chris Isaak, sipping prosecco from a cute little glass and falling into a weeping heap of alone, flailing because I realized no one saw my tree.  "Not this year," I say!!   I have outsmarted my elusive tree, that I swear points with all its branches and laughs at me when I open that front door and am alone; no friend, no neighbor, no desperate guy who wants to be touched by ANYONE with a pulse. Just me.  This year I took an event, well, the only event I have that brings people into my home every year, CRAFT NIGHT, and made it a Pop Up Christmas Card Crafting Adventure!

Here's the very necessary Disclaimer: Sorry you weren't invited!
The guest list was very small and consisted of a few Craft Night Originals and other people who have recently had me in their home. When what very little was said was done, I had 7 guests altogether who could make it and that was the perfect amount.  I wanted to get back to basics and actually sit & talk & craft with everybody, rather than playing host and making sure everyone was alright with food, drink, snacks and parking permits.  And that's what happened.  Also, now at least 7 people have seen my Christmas tree!

And now, so have you!

It was a nice small, but lively group and we crafted and laughed and caught up and created some really fun cards.

Take a look at some cards!

And some of mine...

This may be my favorite creation this year.
Love Connie
is such a treat!

Of Course, there were some Naughty ones you can see HERE

I really appreciate my friends, especially the ones with eyes who have bared witness to my Christmas Tree.  ...And since I'm showing of my tree, here are some favorite ornaments

I got this one at Pornaments.com!

Would my tree be the tree of a Gay of a Certain Age without it?

Hey, remember or Zombie Mermen shot for Halloween?

I thought it would be fun to get us each a coordinating Merman ornament as a gift.

(except Steven; I couldn't find one with a crown of thorns!)

I got them from December Diamonds on Amazon

Shannon Van Pelt

Shannon Van Pelt

Why, yes, that is a MEAN GIRLS THE MUSICAL ornament!

Would my tree be the tree of a Gay of a Certain Age without it?

So, aside from going to Disneyland, you can find other scary ornaments at Horrornaments

As a Gay of A Certain Age, I know that when I put up a Christmas tree each year, that I do it to make myself happy and cheerful whether anybody sees it or not.  I also knows it's super nice when people do see it, so it's a great excuse to invite people into my home to see it!