We are in the midst of decorating Shiloh for Christmas.  One of our guests came back into the house this afternoon, saw a tree being decorated in the living room, and said "Long live the decorations!"  He's a professor at a local seminary and has stayed at Shiloh many times over the years.  We've never known him to be demonstrative before.  He gave us a good chuckle.  Tomorrow we are going into the library to see if we can decorate that tree.  We're saving the really big one which lives in the dining room for the last.  We have a group coming on the 29th so our goal is to have the house completely decorated before they arrive.  In addition to the three trees, we have four nativity sets, red bows for our giraffe to wear, poinsettias, garlands for the stair banister, and other festive things as well.  By the time we are finished decorating, Shiloh will be at her prettiest.  And Shiloh will remain breathtakingly beautiful until January 1, 2019.  "Long live the decorations!"