One year, our story
was not so much about the decorating of the tree it was more about the change
it made in what kind of tree we would get in future years.
We had obtained a pine
tree from the local store this time. The
kids had had wonderful time with the Hero decorating and playing while
decorating. It was a beautiful
tree.
It had been a cool
year and we had the fireplace going.
When it was time to take the tree down, the Hero decided to be efficient
and burn the limbs in the fireplace. Sounded good.
When he put the first
branch in the fireplace (it was a large stone fireplace), there was a loud
roar, and the whole house shook. We all came running to see what had
happened. The Hero looked pale, but it
was not because of the house shaking, it was because he had thought of where
the tree had been sitting. The first
words out of his mouth were “It was sitting under the girls’ bedroom. If it had caught fire, we would not have been
able to save them, if this is what one branch will do.” He disposed of the rest of the tree outside.
In the coming years, we had an artificial tree that was flame
retardant, underlined by the fact that we moved to a house we heated with a wood stove.
We missed the smell of the fresh cut trees, but it was worth
the sacrifice to have a tree we felt would keep our children safe.
The new artificial tree. |
No comments:
Post a Comment