My kind of tree trimming
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I didn't have to be in charge of the tree. I didn't have to go get the tree. I didn't have to get out the boxes of lights, test the lights, or hang the lights.
I didn't have to explain to other family members that this was a family activity. One to be savored and enjoyed, dammit.
I didn't have to get out the ornaments, divide the ornaments into child-safe and adult-safe boxes, hang the ornaments, or arbitrate the children's participation in the hanging of the ornaments.
All I had to do was sit on the couch, placate Julia, take pictures, and drink a Foster's. And I still got to pose with an ornament, so as far as posterity is concerned, I totally participated.
Now I'm no Scrooge, but this level of participation in the trimming of the tree? Was like a breath of fresh, pine-scented air.
9 comments:
Fosters???
You must be hard up for a good drop.
Such intense concentration!
"Must. Hang. Ornament!"
No Rock Ice in the house?
I walked over to the store with Scott and after we picked out a couple six-packs of the usual, he wanted something fancy.
Fosters was it ;)
As for the Rock Ice, I have discovered that Miller Genuine Draft is not entirely dissimilar.
Miller Genuine Draft!
ARGGHHH
LOL
I know what you mean! Sometimes it's nice to relinquish the title of "memory maker and planner" for a while. It gets so exhausting!
Gawd. You mention Fosters and Miller in the same comment? Yeesh.
Me, I bring in the tree. I cut off the low-hanging branches. I put it in the stand. I tighten the screw-in thingies. Then I watch as the rest of the gang does the rest of the work.
I'm the lumberjack, and that's okay.
My mother-in-law used to have a traditional family gathering to decorate the Christmas tree and that was my level of participation, though the drink in my hand was usually a soda of some kind of soda.
I do not enjoy Christmas Tree decorating and ours came perilously close to being ornament-less this year.
Have a good visit!
Geez, I guess it's time to go get a tree!
Fancy beer? Like Chelada? (With real Clamato!)
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