M-Lancaatar Fuming, Saturday, Dacambu 18. 1993
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In this season of observing holi
day tradition, we’ve long upheld
one of the most traditional of
traditions.
We have always cut our own
live Christmas tree.
In earlier years, our tree would
be one of the Scotch pines we
planted as seedlings soon after we
moved on the farm. Growing a
few Christmas trees was one way
we had decided to best use a dis
tant, sloped, untillable comer acre
of our farmland.
But the seedlings were planted
in the drought-era of the
tnid-1960’s and the loss rate to
summer heat and lack of water
was horrendous. Though we did
ultimately sell a few trees from the
stand, most of the few that were
harvested from the little corner
came right into our own house.
And in the last dozen-plus years,
the kids scouted potential trees in
fencerows and pasture comers
from planting to harvest. By
Christmas, they always had a
small, wild cedar specimen picked
out.
And so, last year, the time came
for the tree to be delivered.
The youngest, as he had for
numerous years, handled chop
ping and delivery. I arrived home
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to find the small cedar parked on
the front porch, ready to be moved
inside. But for some reason, the
job had to be put off until the next
day.
Early the next morning, before
daylight, I scooted out the front
door enroute to the mailbox for the
newspaper. And promptly was
launched off the porch and into the
air, making a perfect five-point
touchdown on the concrete sidew
alk - the five points being two
knees, two elbows, one chin.
Bruised, battered, breathless
and bewildered, I looked around
for the culprit.
And discovered I’d been
ambushed by the Christmas tree.
A strong wind that had come up
during the night had felled the
tree, which had been left propped
near the front door. As I zipped
through the front door out into the
dark morning, my feet had tangled
in its branches which lay just out
side the door.
Cleaning gravel from my palm
sized landing gear, I reflected that
it was the second consecutive year
of a Christmas tree ambush.
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comer of the living room, ready
for decorating. Later, when the
lights, ornaments and treetop
angel were all in place, fabric
tucked around the plastic bucket
stand, and my Christmas teddy
bears arranged underneath, I sat
back to* admire the display.
‘Twasn’t long ‘til I noticed the
tree seemed to be leaning forward
just a bit.
Even as I “sprang from my
(chair) to see what was the mat
ter.” the tree came crashing down
on the living room floor. I grabbed
the white bears before the muddy
water, heavy ballast stones and ~
gravel tumbling over the carpet
from the overturned bucket could
dirty their fur and tried to shove
the tree back in place.
After several fruitless tries at
righting the tree alone, I “unhung”
the ornaments still clinging to
branches, swept up broken pieces
of others, and dragged it back out
side. Needless to say, not in a very
“Christmasy” mood.
Wire firmly secured the free to
the doorframes when it went back
up that evening, a task the original
free-setter-upper had forgotten.
Since our Christmas lumber
jack now lives a couple of hours
away. I’m wondering who will
select and haul in this year’s attack
tree.
On second thought, maybe it
would be safer to sidestep tradi
tion and just sit the angel on the
big Boston fern.
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