there are so many good reasons to love the holidays. my favorite reason is that it gives me an excuse to have a lovely fresh fir tree fill my home for a few festive weeks. the environmentalist in me knows i should choose a live tree, but i love the tradition of the christmas tree. since i can remember, i've always enjoyed the brisk afternoon at the christmas tree farm, picking out the perfect tree, sipping warm tea with rum after a successful tree hunt, and taking home the tree to be well-loved and well-lighted at home. then of course there's the decking of the halls-- usually somewhat delayed until my dad can string the lights-- when we revisit years past with the annual rediscovery of the family's treasured ornaments.
i missed out on the tree farm trip this weekend, due to inopportune illness, but i still hope i'll have time to bring home a tree. if not, i'll have to go uproot one of the volunteer seedlings in my apartment complex and make it my own :) and then i'll have a live tree, after all.
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