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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

A Live Christmas Tree

 
Like many folks I’ve tangoed with the notion of buying a live tree for Christmas. Why kill a tree just to have it in your living room for a few weeks? In 1985 I decided it was time for a live tree, one I could plant in the backyard after the Holidays as a fond reminder of our boy’s fifth Christmas. The living tree I selected did serve as a reminder of that festive day, but not in the way I planned.Check it out (here).


3 comments:

  1. oh man...the tree pinged you one last time in the heart with that ornament...its a touching story....i miss having live trees...after we had the boys we went artificial as we travel to see family over the holidays more now....

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  2. Great story! My dad would always load us kids up every year to go find the perfect cedar tree. I know, cedars are not meant to be Christmas trees, but considering they grow EVERYWHERE where I live and they we free in our backyard, a cedar tree it was!

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  3. fake trees are in the end less stressful

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