It was the day after thanksgiving, and Emma and Lizzy were getting ready for Christmas. They invited all of their friends to help with the tree decorating. Sam and Nellie had already arrived, and Nellie was getting the decorations out of the attic. They were waiting for Emily.
"I can't wait to start decorating the tree!" said Emma.
Nellie soon arrived with the box of decorations. 
"Ugh! This thing sure is heavy. You guys sure have lots of ornaments for the tree!" "I hope the tree can hold all of them-we don't want to end up with it looking like Charlie Brown's!" quipped Sam.
Before long, they were all putting trimmings on the tree, but Emily still wasn't there. Sam carefully unwrapped the delicate angel from it's tissue paper Nellie and Lizzy hung up a festive glass flower and an adorable snowman.
"Hey, I'd forgotten about this one," Emma exclaimed, "it's a needlepoint our mom made for us, remember, Lizzy?" She nodded her agreement, and they were soon laughing about stories from their early childhood. They all wondered what was taking Emily so long!
Fortunatly, they soon heard a rap on the door as Emily came in, just as Lizzy put the angel on the top of the tree.
"Hey guys! Sorry I'm late, I had to find this." Emily held up a small snowman ornament. Nellie gasped: "No way! That's the same ornament I brought! Mine has my name on it...and so does yours! That's so cool!"
"It's the perfect finishing touch" said Emma. "Now, we just need to put on the ribbon..."
"Voila!" They turned on the lights, and the tree glowed. "It's beautiful!"said Nellie. "It's beginning to look a lot like christmas" sang Lizzy, and the all laughed and sang along.
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