The wrapping paper went out in the trash the next day. The celebration goodies are being consumed. The gifts are put away or being used. Now comes the big question: When do we take the tree down and what do we do with it?
The “when” is easy. We take the tree down whenever my wife says to do so. It is a tradition that keeps morphing. Some years we take it down on December 26. Some years we make it into the new year.
The “what” has become easy. We simply haul the tree out to the curb. Eventually the trash people pick it up. I assume they have some kind of program that takes the trees and makes them into mulch, but it disappears.
Then comes the task of getting all the pine needles out of the carpet and we are on to another year.
Happy New Year. I hope you had a merry and blessed Christmas.
homo unius libri
Growing up, we always took it down as we watched the parade on New Year's Day.
ReplyDeleteI can remember living back East and watching the Rose Parade. When I was young, living in the same town, I usually spent the night on the parade route securing a front row seat and then slept through the parade.
DeleteGrace and peace.