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Dear Reader,
Never say never.
For years I raised my right hand and took the oath: "I'll never, ever have an artificial Christmas tree!" and I believed every word of it. But when my husband and I were out shopping today and we walked by the almost real Christmas trees on display, there was that moment--when in unison we looked at each other and that's when I faltered, "This tree looks real." And we bought it.
I blush when I confess, the tree already has lights on it, too. When I fall, I fall hard.
My new 8 foot artificial tree came in three easy to assemble pieces, and all I had to do was style it. Imagine that, I'm now a pine tree stylist! Pull this branch to the right, move that one a little over to the left, this one needs a little lift to cover up the open space and in only 20 minutes, my tree looked just the way it did last year. Only no need to water and this one doesn't shed needles all over the floor. All I'll need to worry about is how I'm going to get the tree back into the little box it came in.
There's a lot of stigma concerning Christmas tree etiquette--seems to be some unwritten law that if you put your tree up before Thanksgiving, you might as well be wearing white shoes in January. The tree sinners, they're very hush, hush about it and walk around carrying some pretty heavy pine tree guilt. But for others the misdeed is just too much to bear and they feel the need to confess.
Kelly, my manicurist, whispered to me three weeks before Thanksgiving, "I've had three Christmas trees up in my house for a week already, and they're decorated, too. What do you think about that?"
"Not to worry," I assured her, "I won't tell a soul, and if you keep your drapes drawn until the day after Thanksgiving, probably no one else will discover your transgression."
Yesterday I raised my right hand and took the oath, "I'll never, ever have a real Christmas tree again." Well, maybe...Never say never, Suzanne.
Thanks for reading with me. It's so good to read with friends.
Suzanne Beecher
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