Tree Trimming

Part Two of ??? in the Christmas Theme

Called the teenaged boy downstairs to help "trim the tree." He stomped around and wanted to complain, because, after all, his parents had said he could watch "Saw" tonight. The first in the well known slasher series. "I already helped," he said, because he had, indeed, helped even out the cut on the trunk and he had lifted into the tree stand and stood around for hours as his father crawled around on the cold concrete trying to make everything all Even Steven.

When we explained that tree trimming was actually putting the ornaments on the tree, he was very agreeable.

We like to modify the Xmas traditions over the years, not wanting to get all stuck in the mud and all that. This year the big switch was the so-called top notch. We have used a star in years gone by, and more recently a Santa stuffy, but for 2010 we decided to mash up a whole bunch of silliness on the top of the tree: the Santa stuffy and a pair of Christmasy dinosaurs and a Santa hat and a teddy bear and a few other things so that there is a veritable party on the top of the Christmas tree.

And that is what I think Christmas is all about.