[pct-l] RE: Holiday Cheers

[mardav at charter.net (Marion Davison)]

After my brother's death I couldn't bear to have a cut tree in the 
house.  It is dead, after all.
 So for many years I bought potted trees and planted them in the yard 
after Christmas.  The first one is now about 20 years old, about 30 feet 
tall and about 20 feet in diameter out to the dripline. 
The yard got a little crowded so I got a nice artificial tabletop tree 
that suits my needs now that there are no kids in the house and 
Christmas tradition is down to the bare minimum.
When I drive past a still-full tree lot on Christmas Day I am sad for 
all the trees that were cut and didn't get to fulfill their mission in 
life.  It's my fault--I didn't buy one.
Marion