In subsequent years, I entered a stage where some thought intervention might be needed. I hopped on the new-fangled auction site Ebay and discovered that the aluminum tree supply often exceeded demand around the holidays. I started putting in $9.95 minimum bids and each year I’d score a few more trees. I have great fun with them during the holidays. Several are dedicated to the Almanac set each December. The Henehans usually put up a half dozen trees (short, tall, some hanging from a wall) at our home each year. We decorate them with vintage mid-century glass bulbs. They look fabulous.
And just to please Charlie Brown, my family also puts up a live tree.
I like to think that the great 1965 live-versus-aluminum tree controversy has ended. That my grandparents and Charlie Brown were both right.
11
TPT.ORG
Made with FlippingBook Ebook Creator