Tale of the tree
Artificial or not, it still symbolizes the holiday season
Several years ago, my husband Pete and I went to the Dark Side. We bought an artificial Christmas tree.
It took nearly 40 years to get over what I once thrilled to: the romance of cutting down a live tree as part of the whole holiday experience. But at the end I had no illusions left about tramping through snow, rain or cold, to pick a tree and bring…