The Guru pulled out the decorations and we created our (lately) traditional newsbox “tree”, standing in a forest of lights*.
In places of honor are a pair of elves, one red and one green, given to the Bro and I when we were tiny tots by a family friend who was a very successful Jewish lady-stockbroker in Detroit (verrah unusual in the 1960s, that combo).
* For some mysterious reason, only the green lights are powerful enough to make wee spotlights on the fireplace surround.