Americans turn to smaller, wilder Christmas trees
By Robert MacPherson
It’s short. It’s scruffy. It’s practically anorexic. And this season, the Charlie Brown Christmas tree is a shining star in Alan Gibson’s tree farm.
It’s short. It’s scruffy. It’s practically anorexic. And this season, the Charlie Brown Christmas tree is a shining star in Alan Gibson’s tree farm.
Think outside the box, or in this case, outside the usual Christmas tree. Give your furniture a festive touch this Christmas by draping a decorated garland on it. It can look cutesy or elegant, depending on your taste. The trick is to do this step by step, organizing the elements you want to put in it.
A giant tree lit up the sky Friday night, adding to the glitter that Filipinos have come to associate with the Christmas season.
Christmas is about gifts and giving, but not the kind you find under your Christmas tree. As I was preparing to write this, I came across a passage in a daily devotional: “Preparing for the holidays is primarily a preparing of the heart. Because what comes down is love and the way to receive love isn’t to wrap anything up—but to unwrap your heart.”
Our home is finally all decked out for the holidays, just in time for the lighting of the third Advent candle. In short, we’re very late!
Last night, I started working on our Christmas tree. I had not done that with much enthusiasm for a very long time. After dinner, I began to wrap and twist yards and yards of lights around the stems and branches of the tree that has been with my family for the last 12 years. I’m not done yet. It will probably take me another day to finish.
