Have you put your Christmas tree up yet? Do you decorate a traditional, plastic, green coloured tree with tinsel, baubles, lights and decorations the kids made at school? I remember decorating the Christmas tree with my mother. She had a specific way of arranging the tinsel and the baubles on the unique silver tinsel tree. Growing up I didn’t know of anyone else whose tree wasn’t green, and now there are so many different options for Christmas trees – colours, sizes, the material they are made from – even real trees we can buy in pots…how crazy is that? One of my friends has an upside-down tree which looks awesome, another one decorates an ordinary old branch – the result is amazing.
One year I’d like to try making a colourful Christmas tree on the wall, with hooks to string the lights and tinsel on. There are so many videos around with clever ideas on how to make a festive Christmas tree, out of ordinary household items.
All the talk of trees started me thinking – is the history of the Christmas tree – religious or pagan? Either side can argue ownership, as I have read in some research over the last few days. I say if you like seeing the tree then put one up and decorate it. Colour coded, or haphazard, with home-made or shop bought decorations. If you don’t enjoy it, don’t do it.
Our place has a decorated tree, Christmas lights, tinsel and some other decorations scattered around the house. I have a box in my craft room, of broken decorations, some that my children made. I’m hoping to fix them, maybe. It’s crazy how long ago that we made those things.
In the witchy Christmas cozy mystery story I’ve just finished writing, someone animates a whole lot of Christmas decorations and they create havoc around the little village of Misty Vale. It was fun writing it, and I’ll probably edit the story a few times before publishing it. I already have ideas for the next Christmas cozy mystery, but right now I’m finishing a middle grade – kind of cozy Christmas mystery.
Happy Tuesday everyone.