So, it's December and we have a bit of snow up here in the French Alps. 

Here- I'll prove it:

That's our backyard.

 Sadly, the snow didn't confine itself to that area and had to be cleared so that we could leave the house to get food and not die....

I consoled myself with the fact that shovelling is a good form of aeorbic exercise.

Luckily, I didn't have to do it all myself!

I'd been thinking of putting the Christmas lights up...but then it started dumping snow on us.
 As the weather calmed down today, I finally got it done.  There are no pictures of me doing it...but I'm sure they would have been pretty funny.... Maybe tonight I'll take a picture of the final result.