Christmas is over

Easter is fast approaching, so it's finally time to take down the Christmas tree. We always kept our tree up for a long time. For starters, we celebrate on the 7th of January, so we have to keep it up for that. Then a kind of Newtonian inertia sets in and before we know it, Valentines day is here. So we add a few hearts to the tree. Usually we get it down sometime in March, but this year the inertia was greater than usual, so here we are in April taking down the tree. In some ways, I hate to see it go. there is something comforting about a Christmas tree, with all its lights and balls, it still says Happy Holidays. Of course waiting so long has its drawbacks, aside from the trashmen and neighbors seeing aChristmas tree on the curb in April and thinking, Who are those nuts. Dry needles get dangerous and reaching inside for some figurine can hurt. Maybe I'll make some egg nog to ease the pain.