tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post113625250379568667..comments2023-10-31T05:56:45.788-07:00Comments on LutheranChik's "L" Word Diary: LC's Tree: From the 'RentsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-1136313459426692672006-01-03T10:37:00.000-08:002006-01-03T10:37:00.000-08:00I live by myself and ask every year whether it is ...I live by myself and ask every year whether it is "worth it" to put up my 3-foot fake tree. (I may have my Mom and sister over maybe once during the holidays, and that's about it.)<BR/><BR/>But I think that it is important to do for me. There are lots of things one can stop doing "because it's just me," and it can get to be a bit of a slippery slope. It feels like the effort of putting up the tree somehow keeps me connected to the rest of society.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-1136310523411830882006-01-03T09:48:00.000-08:002006-01-03T09:48:00.000-08:00My parents will celebrate 59 years of marriage nex...My parents will celebrate 59 years of marriage next week. My first Christmas was with them in a trailer on my grandfather's farm -- and one lonely little ornament survives from that 55-years-ago event. It still appears every year, and since it was always there for my younger brother, too, we make a fuss every year of finding it when we visit my folks. It has lost almost all its gold now and looks dark and lost in the tree. But it is a reminder...Michael Doddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00942287172727040371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-1136256912031520662006-01-02T18:55:00.000-08:002006-01-02T18:55:00.000-08:00Growing up I always insisted on a little fake tree...Growing up I always insisted on a little fake tree in my room, that I enjoyed decorating. <BR/><BR/>It carried over into college, and even when I lived in NYC for a little while in what equated to a closet in size, I had a little mini tree.<BR/><BR/>Now back in new england I have my own condo...and I do a full tree. Fake (I'd never remember to water, or clean sap well enough) but full.<BR/><BR/>Other single friends of mine have said they don't have one because "who's going to see it?" I'd never ask that question, I LOVE trees.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18117461119651369877noreply@blogger.com