2020 has changed a lot of the normal, but National Swearing Day will always fall the day after Thanksgiving for our family.
But that was weird, too. We got to one of our favorite farms and had to park across the street, as the farm and street parking were already crowded. It did not bode well, and everything that could be lined up for had long queues. But we were not deterred. We quickly found a too-big tree and wrestled it home in our sleigh.
Could this be the perfect tree? Could it? It could!
We got ourselves in a bit of a pickle…. (That’s funny because it looks like a giant pickle and we got ourselves in a predicament with a too-tall tree. It’s not funny because I had to explain my joke, which I’m told is a sign of not-funny.)
True to tradition, the tree grew two feet on the way home. It’s a grand fir, which has the most heavenly smell, drinks water for about three weeks, but then overnight dries out so that any touch makes the needles fall like stock prices last February. But it is our guest this year when we don’t get to host our regular Christmas feast. This guy will be at the head of our table!
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