Our tree does not “match”
By:
Lisa Ingebrand, Montgomery Messenger
“Mom, I really like our Christmas tree. It’s not like other people’s trees... Ours doesn’t match.” ~ Ellen, age 8
Oh, the joys of Christmas!
My little redhead is correct. Our tree does not “match.”
It will never be featured in a magazine. It’s not much to look at, until you lose closely.
Every ornament is different, the star is made of cardboard and aluminum foil, and we still wrap our tree in multi-color lights (it’s not a “fancy” pre-lit one).
It’s a glorious hodgepodge of shapes and colors.
My ornaments from childhood hang...
To read more of this story, pick up the December 24, 2020 print edition of the Montgomery Messenger.
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