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Every year I feel less and less excited about getting a Christmas tree. It just seems foolish to me. A beautiful healthy tree growing in a field gets cut down, dragged indoors where it sheds its needles. Next, we cover it with gaudy ornaments purchased from a department store that pays its workers next to nothing and doesn't offer them health insurance. The only place to put the tree is by the door and every time somebody comes to visit, our dog runs to the door and wags his tail so hard that the whole tree shakes and the stupid ornaments go crashing to the floor.
I'm not trying to be bah-humbug, but the tree was beautiful and healthy growing outside. I would like to have some kind of focal point in our living room for the holiday season, but I'm not sure what to replace a cut tree with. I don't want and artificial tree either. I don't have a lot of storage space to pack it away after Christmas. I'm considering getting a potted tree that I can plant in the country after the holidays, but I'm not sure if how long I could keep it healthy indoors until the weather allows me to plant it.
Does anyone else decorate using something other than a tree as the focal point? I would love to hear some of your suggestions.
I'm not trying to be bah-humbug, but the tree was beautiful and healthy growing outside. I would like to have some kind of focal point in our living room for the holiday season, but I'm not sure what to replace a cut tree with. I don't want and artificial tree either. I don't have a lot of storage space to pack it away after Christmas. I'm considering getting a potted tree that I can plant in the country after the holidays, but I'm not sure if how long I could keep it healthy indoors until the weather allows me to plant it.
Does anyone else decorate using something other than a tree as the focal point? I would love to hear some of your suggestions.