The lights are all up -- at least as much as it's going to happen this year. The addition of some a few new strings of lights and a couple of illuminated nets on a should-be-removed bush are the extent of this year's lighting innovations

The tree stays much the same as last year's: the same minimalist Ikea white ornaments,

the same angel,

and a few additions: a memorial ornament from the Polish performance of last Christmas.