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It isn't as inexpensive to live in China as we had planned, but some things cost much less. 

Christmas trees are one of those things.

We got our beautiful (dirty) $5 package in the mail a few days before Thanksgiving. We made it until the day after before busting it open.

Miss A doing what she does best: "helping"

 It isn't just Christmas trees that are inexpensive. We have an account for China's online "Amazon" called Tao Bao. If we need something, it's the first place we look. We might be able to find similar prices in one of the little street shops, but Tao Bao is just as cheap and so worth the time saved.

As you can see, this isn't the grandest tree ever, but it's perfect for our little home! It came with decorations (including pink, purple, and blue garland and little Christmas cards that all said "Feliz Navidad").

I don't really understand how it all works. We always get our orders within 1-3 days, but from different people at different times. Sometimes two or three different people will drop off a package in one day.

People even call us to make sure our order is right before sending it off. It's great.

We found the perfect Miss A-free place to put the tree.

You know how getting a package is always exciting, even when you know what it is? Well, here it is even more exciting. Most of the time there's an extra surprise in the box! Miss A has a collection of little plastic balls from the baby orders we've made.

But it doesn't keep all of the babies away!

We didn't use all of the decorations that came with the tree, but I'm pretty happy with it. Notice the garland wreath made out of a hanger? :)

36 weeks...

Thank you, China's Tao Bao, for starting off our Christmas right.