It doesn't matter how big or small your home is. There's always a way to find room for your Christmas tree. Even a small tree, or plant. Anything. It can make you feel so good.
My sister lives in a small town house and she was talking herself out of getting a tree this year.
"No room," she said, "Can't do it."
But while she was out with friends getting their tree, she found this little tree stuck off to the side, and starting thinking, "Maybe."
As she walked around this little tree was on her mind. She thought about where she could place it. Then she tried to remember where her decorations were. Did she still have any? It had been a few years since she had a tree.
Her friend, suggested exactly where the tree would go great in her living room. Who'd of thought. (Always seems someone on the outside can see things we often miss.)
So she brought the little tree home and made an evening of trimming the tree with her daughter and her special guy. They popped popcorn and strung it. She found her box of ornaments.
And ...
Viola!
Such a simple little tree. Barely three feet tall. Oh, I wish I could show you the pictures of them stringing the popcorn and the sheer joy and delight on everyones faces. It made me smile to see them and look what a difference this little tree made. There wasn't going to be a tree this year.
Sometimes a few of us can forget how important traditions are. I know I have. I didn't have a tree up this year because we are getting ready to move in January. I did, however, play a lot of Christmas music. (There is a free radio station you can listen to on your computer. Pandora.com)
But back to my point... I've decided that from now on I am going to make the effort at times when I could easily talk myself out of decorating. Even though this is a little tree, it really jazzed up the place and brought home the spirit of the holiday. When my sister thought she couldn't do it, she found the little tree that could.
Merry Christmas Everybody! May your New Year be prosperous. As my sister would say, "Be happy, healthy and safe!"
If you live in Sacramento County there is a free drop off event where you can recycle your trees. Here is the information for Sacramento County.
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