O Christmas Tree

Traditionally, in Estonia you have to bring in the Christmas Tree on Christmas Eve and it Must Go Out on Three Kings' Day (Jan 6th), I couldn't find the proper English name for it. It was kept in my childhood home - no matter if the tree was drying out, youd couldn't bring it out before Jan 6th.

Personally, I like the Advent time and Christmas, but all the holiday season ends for me on the first day when I have to go to work again. It is usually on Jan 3th. Having The Tree standing after that just feels wrong. Sometimes The Tree looks so nice and is so healthy that taking it out just seems wrong.

Also, it is extremely hard to bring a Christmas Tree from the woods when there's a lot of snow. It is hard to find a nice-looking tree, there's always the risk of getting stuck with the car and sometimes the snow is frozen on the branches. Not fun at all.

This year, WonderfulHusband first wanted to cut down a spruce tree growing too close to the house, but after taking away the lower branches we thought it over and decided to keep it for a while - the boys have so much fun, climbing up and down this tree now. WonderfulHusband left some branches longer on purpose, so that both older boys have plenty of places to put their feet! His Babyness wants to climb, too, but he says that it looks too scary. Also, this spruce tree had grown a "false top" that he cut down and found out that it looks like a proper Christmas Tree. It has been standing outside for a while now, but today we brought it in. It is a bit thin but it serves well enough. I just hope it will last until New Year's Eve.

Um, the traditional Christmas Tree is always a spruce here. We have plenty of them, they grow nearly everywhere and in many places like under electric lines they need to be cut down anyway. Most people prefer to have a real tree, it smells right and looks nicer.