Mom Says...

My Mom always used to say, "I will not kill a tree for Christ." So, we always had live Christmas trees. Little tiny ones that couldn't hold all the ornaments we'd collected over the years. As an adult, I think my Mom had it right. But I can't help wondering about all those pre-cut trees. I mean someone should enjoy them, but if we buy cut trees then they'll keep cutting trees. It's a problem I can't quite wrap my head around. Every year, the whole process of obtaining a Christmas tree is fraught with this anxiety. What do I do? Where do I put my foot down? Last year we waited until the last minute and ended up with a Rosemary tree, which was very nice until it died. An atheist buying or even caring about a Christmas tree is kind of a weird spot to be in the first place.