Make it a season to remember

And so, the holidays are officially here. I was planning on having all my Christmas shopping done by now and I’ve bought two gifts. I probably wouldn’t have it done, even if I hadn’t gone back to work. The tree is up and that’s about all I can say. I asked Russ to help me with the lights since his dad can’t raise his right arm after his defibrillator installation. Putting Christmas lights on the tree is one of Roy’s top 10 things he hates to do. Russ has heard his dad complain about it all these years so guess who escaped just in time to ignore his mama? Russ and I got in a friendly argument about Christmas trees. I insist on having a real tree. I love to smell them and I like the Noble Fur trees. He argued that I should just get a tree with lights on it, leave it decorated all year and stick it somewhere and then get it out at Christmas. My mother would flip over in her grave if she thought I even entertained the idea of not doing fresh decorations. It sure would be easy to leave it up all year. I guess I could leave it up in my living room and light it up on special occasions like that lady does on Quitman Street. I heard one year she even left her real tree up until Valentine’s Day and put hearts on it.