It's beginning to look a lot like (the day after) Christmas

This evening, here on Long Island, we started to get some snow. Our local meteorologists are predicting something between a dusting and 312 feet of snow, or something like that. I really have very little trust for their predictions.

A quick look out back confirmed the existence of the snow, as we can see in the lights hanging from the back of the deck's roof (yes, our deck has a roof over it--it's actually very nice), but the final accumulation is still an unknown...



So, knowing that the roads would be slick, we did what any smart boys would do. We went grocery shopping! :)



Oh, speaking of Christmas here on Long Island (as I sort of did in the title of this post), we went to check out the EAB Plaza Christmas tree. The snow and wind made it tough to get nice pictures, but here's a halfway decent one...



If you're wondering how this compares to the famous tree at Rockefeller Center, it's actually bigger.

Rockefeller Center tree=71 feet tall, 9 tons
EAB Plaza tree=90 feet tall, 14 tons (65 feet wide at the base, if that helps)

The EAB tree is about a mile or so from our house. To give this a bit more perspective, those buildings behind it are 19 stories tall. No, the tree isn't as tall as the buildings--that's a trick of perspective, making it look that way--but it is very large and quite lovely.

So, for any of you who are planning to visit us at some point, December visits may include a stop by the tree if you like. It's a nice little addition to the holiday season.