Now I am a little snobby when it comes to Christmas Decorations.....and with thoughts of Yuletide "trimming up", much to the fore, it is definitely a case of out with the tinsel and in with the real Christmas tree!
Trelawnyd is lucky when it comes to public shows of Christmas. Thankfully we are spared the gaudy, Blackpool illumination-esque shows that are dragged up every year in the nearby villages of Dyserth and Meliden, and mercifully we do not have to suffer the fake Christmas trees ( green tinsel wound around a few wire coat hangers) that have been propped up on the shops in Prestatyn.
In Trelawnyd, the village has gone for a rather minimalist approach, as today I spied the conservation group members erecting the single village Christmas tree outside the Memorial Hall.
I always think that when it is lit, the small tree looks rather valiant and brave against the austerity and darkness of winter. It stands alone, with no beaming Father Christmas's or flashing neon "NADOLIG LLAWEN" signs to overshadow it...(Nadolig Llawen is Happy Christmas in Welsh by the way) and I must say the tree always looks appropriate and welcoming in its central spot.
Tonight, with Chris still away, it is a case lighting the fire and finishing off the Christmas cards. I am crammed onto my sofa with all four dogs and Albert in tow..(not one wants to sit on Chris' sofa), Our friend Nigel is visiting Friday and Saturday and I am due to work on Sunday, so at least with Chris away I can concentrate on card writing tonight
I love a nice, live tree too. One of my Daddy's many businesses was he was a tree farmer, so I am spoiled as far as the "perfect" tree goes. There are acres of forest in NE Pennsylvania that my father had planted and it's so cool to see the gigantic pines and know he was responsible for them.
ReplyDeleteI'm working on my Christmas cards too. Usually takes me a week or so.x-cassie
ps-my pooches got their bath on the 30th.:<)
Some years I decorate a pine on the property with red bows. I would like to get a live red pine this year and plant it after christmas. Your village tree is dear I guess is the best way I can describe it. Huggable! A real Christmas tree! I don't care for the gaudy lit up trees.
ReplyDelete"I said no more wire hangers!!" One year we had a 9 1/2 foot Christmas tree that I decorated all by myself. It had 1,000 lights on it and was decorated only in red and white. It took me three hours just to put all the decorations on. I called Mom and Dad to see. They smiled, said it was nice, then promptly trapsed off to bed. My feelings were hurt. Now they can decorate their own tree. :)
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