Season of Joy

My first Christmas tree! Since I have a severe aversion to fake foliage, I went and got a real one. All by myself, too. I told the guy at the roadside stand that I was looking for a cedar tree, and he laughed in my face. He told me I could "cut one of those down off the side of the road". I wasn't exactly dressed to be roughing it to chop down a tree, so I chose one that bore a slight resemblance (if you use your imagination). We always used to cut down cedar trees from my grandparent's farm for Christmas. Oh well, my white pine could sort of take it's place.


It's January 10th, and the tree is still up. Partially because I don't know what to do with it, but also partially because I love it so much.

"She asked me when the season of joy was supposed to end & I said I didn't really think there was an exact date, so we left the tree up till June that year."
--Brian Andreas, "Season of Joy"