Deck the Halls with Sports Highlights
December 10, 2006 9:17 PM | 0 Comments
Yesterday we made our annual holiday pilgrimage to Auggie's Tree Farm on Vashon Island to chop down our Christmas Tree. This has been a tradition for 14 years now, even before we had children. Our friends Mark and Diane introduced us to the farm and to the adventure. For the past few years the cousins - Grant and Anja have joined us with Bryan's sister Ann and husband Steve. We typically tote hot chocolate or champagne and treats, and travel on a short ferry ride from West Seattle to Vashon Island, which is part of the allure. Generally we find a great tree, although one year we unintentionally brought home a truly pathetic Charlie Brown Christmas tree, which depressed me every time I looked at it. It looked lush when we left and scraggly and forlorn once it was placed in our living room.
After placing the tree in a bucket of water overnight, we put it in its stand so that we could decorate it. Bryan strung the tree lights, and then apparently felt he had done his part and plunked down in front of the TV while Kit, Austin, Caroline and I fished out all of the ornaments. Bing Crosby crooned White Christmas, the kids looked at the tree through 3-D glasses that superimposed snowflakes or bells where the lights were, and the TV, which was on mute, flashed, belching out sports highlights. Merry Christmas to Ye All, Sports Widows of the World.
Nan Hall
(aka The Sports Widow)
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