Black Friday is over and the Thanksgiving leftovers are appearing in smaller and smaller Tupperware tubs, but there is no time for rest. The adds and glitz of the Christmas Season are everywhere. I happen to like the Christmas season. I like what it represents, and the feelings it brings. I'm not much on the commercial trappings, but I do like the traditional symbols. I have an artificial tree that looks similar to a real one, but there is nothing like the appearance and smell of the real McCoy.
With blue spruce tree I mark the season’s start.
Its Christmas smell stirs memories from my heart.
When as a child I marveled at the sight
Of tinseled branches hung with colored fare.
Anticipating with each passing night,
The presents that Old Santa would leave there.
Its Christmas smell stirs memories from my heart.
With blue spruce tree I mark the season’s start.
Dennis Price
Fir trees here, and the smell is wonderful but not Christmas-y for me. When you have them growing all around it dilutes the effect. Peppermint like in candy canes, gingerbread cookies, mincemeat pies, fireplace smoke,
ReplyDeletesparkling snow and laughter, secrets, *sigh*. I want to be a kid again.