I finally put up the holiday tree on Saturday, so it’s starting to seem a bit more like the holiday season.
Not too much, just a bit.
The artificial tree is pre-trimmed with lights and even artificial pine cones and berries, and it looks so good just out of the box that all we’ve added to it is the traditional star on top. We have traditionally bought one new ornament each every year, and we’ll do that again this year, but those will likely be the only four ornaments on the tree, other than the topper.
I don’t think there’s any “right way” to celebrate holidays, although I suppose there are plenty of wrong ways. Don’t be hateful, be kind. Be gracious to others, and accept with gratitude when others are gracious to you. Be gracious to yourself. Beyond that, you can light candles or cut down a tree or pull a tabletop artificial mini-tree out of a box, and decorate your living space however you wish, and if it works for you, I think that’s all that matters.
Whether you mark Christmas or Hanukkah or Festivus or some other event this time of year, I hope you can take a moment to be grateful for having survived another year on this planet.
