The Evolution of the Chirstmas Tree

When you are newly married and/or have little kids, you dream of a Norman Rockwell Christmas with a BIG tree that you have cut yourself. ( Somehow ours never quite lived up to that with Andy chasing Pete with some slimy thing he picked up- Pete screaming and me worried that he would trip and put his eye out on a tree stump). You continue with this until the kids head off to college and Bales Tree lot looks pretty convenient. After years of filling the water container and vacuuming needles, you decide an artificial tree fits the bill. Lugging those pieces and fitting them together is more of a hassle and with clearing out some things you can leave the tree assembled and even decorated but when it is a problem to get that into the house, a very small tree that even has ornaments already on it can be purchased at Safeway or Trader Joe's for a few dollars. But wherever you are in this evolution, the spirit can always be the same - a generous and wonderful Christmas.