For me the evergreen and or Christmas tree are the symbol of winter love. Family gathered together sharing time which can be hard to find during the abby-normal week. It's driving cars, boarding planes, boats and trains to get to your other home. It's one of the few times a year when cooking and cleaning for large numbers doesn't **** you off. AS MUCH!!!! It's sitting down for hours with loved ones you've not seen for to long. It's sharing stories witch otherwise would have gone missing.
Putting up the Christmas tree is a call out to everyone that it's time to stop for awhile and get together. Time and distance may separate us however nothing comes between the family tree. Her roots are deep and strong. The tree knows not of clocks, snow or sun; nor reasons why we can't. The soul purpose of the family tree is to gather her children together. Her branches are many, they reach out in every direction and continue to grow. All trees have inner rings which tell of their age and time spent standing watch. We have rings also however we call them wrinkles. Regardless of the names these lines are called, they silently speak of the years spent, whether they be good, bad, happy or sad. Yet many of those rings are an accumulation of a gathering of memories from our sub-conscience of family times which mean something special to us.
The whole family each and everyone become the ornaments on the tree. Together we make the room bright, warm and happy. We create the magic of the holiday. The snow falls, threes are white, our tongues catch the flakes and the sleds scream downhill. Or, the sun shines, the palms sway, the tops down and the boards meet the curl. Either way the next year seems better. The days are wrapped with ribbon, the clouds aren't as dark and special memories have been given and received. We thank each and everyone for a great, white, warm, wonderful Christmas. You gave us presents we could carry with us through the New Year; YOURSELVES