last night, after rob worked on trying to fix the lights that have been broken for two years and finally gave up, he and the girls decorated the tree. I don’t know what’s wrong with me, but I just don’t enjoy it. I’d prefer a tree with some nice white lights and ornaments made of straw, clay, and other natural materials. Instead, we have a tree of half-broken old oranments that mean absolutely nothing to me. I wonder, has the time finally come for me to insist on TWO trees? One for me and one for the rest of the family? Or how about putting the tree on a lazy susan. They can decorate one side, I can decorate the other and then we can each have our side facing out for part of the day?
I’m feeling like a grinch for not loving the tree that the rest of the family loves.
It must be hereditary. Last year we had a beautifully shaped Fraser fir. Phil (Gwyneth’s dad) put on white lights and topped it with the angel that Susannah made in nursery school. He waited for me to put on the half broken, sentimental ornaments that we have accumulated over the years. I hate decorating the tree and I thought the plain tree was truly beautiful without further adornment.
This year our tree will remain plain — only lights and the angel.
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Anybody can decorate a tree w just white lights. We (the kids and I) like the “uniqueness” of our ornament collection, whether it is commercial kitsch (energizer rabbit), old and broken (the headless christmas horse), or sometimes sentimental (my Georgia Tech ornament my mother bought in 1985 when I visited GT my junior year of high school). The kids will never go for white lights or ornaments-free – you can tell that by just looking at their rooms! I mostly agree with them.