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Dec. 14th, 2003 04:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
blodeueddMy tree is up and trimmed and I am typing by Christmas-tree light.
Doing it alone wasn't as sad as I thought it might be, but that may be because I'm going to my parents' house tomorrow to help them with theirs.
Hanging up my ornaments, I wondered what it means to me, this whole festive season. It's not anything religious, though I've always known the why behind the holiday. The giving and receiving (ever noticed how we always put the giving first, as though we're trying to downplay the second part?) is a part of it, but the older I get, the more I think it's actually the tree.
I can't imagine Christmas without some kind of tree. If there were no other alternative, I'd settle for an artificial one, but nothing compares to the scent of fresh fir when you walk in the door. We single out one (or more!) specific tree to take home and decorate, a tree you'd overlook if it were just standing in the forest.
Doing it alone wasn't as sad as I thought it might be, but that may be because I'm going to my parents' house tomorrow to help them with theirs.
Hanging up my ornaments, I wondered what it means to me, this whole festive season. It's not anything religious, though I've always known the why behind the holiday. The giving and receiving (ever noticed how we always put the giving first, as though we're trying to downplay the second part?) is a part of it, but the older I get, the more I think it's actually the tree.
I can't imagine Christmas without some kind of tree. If there were no other alternative, I'd settle for an artificial one, but nothing compares to the scent of fresh fir when you walk in the door. We single out one (or more!) specific tree to take home and decorate, a tree you'd overlook if it were just standing in the forest.
