To be honest, I thought this year might have been the one to scale back - a little tabletop tree, perhaps?
But my "assistants" really liked "Gianna" and offered to help me decorate the oversized, overpriced tree that is now shedding in my living room; thus, she has now taken over 16 square feet of real estate!
The decorating was slow and steady, interspersed with tea, cookies, questions about "long ago" and comments about "antique" ornaments!
"Why don't you get a new lady or put a bow at the top of your tree, that one is falling apart?"
In my defense, the decrepit tree-top angel was a freebee with a purchase at Sears, long, long ago!
"Why don't you put a new note in the mailbox?"
In my defense, that note was written by your great-grandmother, so it is special to me.
"Why do you have so many angels?"
In my defense, each one was made or purchased in memory of someone I lost.
"Check this out, it says Christmas 1979!"
In my defense, we celebrated Christmas long ago!
To be honest, I am glad to welcome Gianna, even if I don't need "Gianna" and her abundant raining needles!
To be honest, I am glad to have shared things that are special to me with people who are special to me. To be honest, someday soon, most of these "special-to-me" ornaments will find themselves in either a 25-cent bin at Goodwill or a landfill.
To be honest, I am glad I agreed to spend this year's holiday with an oversized, overpriced tree who is wearing a host of memories on her arms!
1 comment:
Ah, Anita, to be honest, this is a precious post. I love the Q&A and the answers you gave, along with the vagueness of who the "special to me" people are. The tree sounds gorgeous, and I love the personification of her "wearing a host of memories on her arms!" Beautiful!
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