Our Christmas festivities always begin with the arrival of the tree. It’s a ritual my family has honed to perfection (and exhaustion) over the years. But this year the tree hunters were met with a surprise. The lot from which they chose to buy had sold out. Its sister location across town had also disposed […]
Christmas trees
History Lives in Christmas Tree’s Branches
As I sit and ponder this year’s Christmas, I find myself filled with many of the same thoughts I have every Christmas, so I’m re-posting this from December, 2012. Happy memories. The gifts are wrapped. Dinner prep is done. The cat has a bow on his nose. Again. All that remains is to sit and […]