New Tradition

Finally!   At long last we have arrived at that new Christmas tradition for which I have waited so patiently.    I haven't gone with Gerry the past couple of years to pick up, pick out the Christmas tree (primarily because I wanted an artificial one).   This year he said it was too much for him to do alone.  We no longer have the pickup truck, and transporting a tree is no easy trick.

We just finished putting up and decorating our "new tree", which hopefully will be with us for many years to come.  You just bring it up from the basement.   I love the fact that I will not be fighting with pine needles on my white carpet for the next six months.  I will not need to water the tree every day or so.  I will be kinder to the environment by not killing a living tree.

Going out and cutting down a live tree is something that families (parents and children) do together.   Our children have long ago left the nest.  The youngest now has a house of her own to decorate, and I'm sure she will have the real tree of her dreams.  Another daughter lives in the woods and can just cut any tree they want from their own property.  In fact, there is already an inside tree, and also one on the front porch beautifully decorated.

I am so glad to simplify!  And it is symmetrical and beautiful!