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Growing Through God’s Word's avatar

Oh my. That would have been a shock. We gave up on real trees when our first born was 2. We had hunted and hunted in the freezing cold tree orchard. Nothing. Hubby, very frustrated said, we are leaving. Down to Sears we went. Our first fake tree looked like toilet brushes but once the lights and decorations were on, it was beautiful.

From then on it was a fake tree. Now we even leave the lights on. Easy to setup. I decorate. All is calm.

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Karen Stiller's avatar

That sounds very wise. :)

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Belinda's avatar

I must have read this in The Minister's Wife before, but I'd forgotten and loved it. My copy of TMW was passed on to two actual Minister Wives long ago, but I miss it as it's one of those books to be read and enjoyed again! Thank you for writing these extraordinary stories and bringing moments of enjoyment, poignancy and laughter to the rest of us. I had my own Christmas disaster when I was a very overworked young mother and live-in house parent for a large family of 12 people we supported at the time. (I remember my pastor father-in-law noticing I always fell asleep in church and telling me I had "a spiritual problem." ) I had stayed up very late carving the turkey for our big Christmas Tea the next day. I dropped the platter on the way out to the garage fridge and managed to retrieve almost all of the turkey unscathed, but then our cat jumped onto the tree, and down it came. :)

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Karen Stiller's avatar

Oh my goodness. That is very funny. So many of these funny stories happen when we are overloaded or trying too hard! At least for me.

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Barbara Sartorius Bjelland's avatar

Thanks for sharing a great story! I can relate as our tree never seems right initially. Here in Hungary we just brought a tree home on the subway that is made of real tree pieces wired together. It looks a bit odd...hoping it looks better when we add the decorations that came with the apartment we are renting!

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Karen Stiller's avatar

That sounds very adventurous!

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Michele Morin's avatar

Blessed by your ability to find the good in your solitary decorating! I still find myself missing the chaos.😊

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Karen Stiller's avatar

The chaos is the most beautiful for sure.

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Marsha Faubert's avatar

Karen, how sweet to revisit this story. Who among us hasn’t had a Christmas tree disaster? May this season be happy and peaceful.

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Karen Stiller's avatar

Thank you friend!

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Jane Silcott's avatar

Oh, thank you, thank you for making me laugh before breakfast. Your stories are gifts.

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Karen Stiller's avatar

Thank you Jane. This one still kindof makes me chuckle. I tried so hard.

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