Time to Trim the Tree

Big Guy and I have started traditions during the holiday season. One dear to us is the advent candle and now, unfortunately, spreading sprays and flowers at the graveside of our parents.

One, however, was an old family tradition on my side that signaled the time to decorate the tree. I never forgot getting our annual box of sausages and cheeses and how we would delight in the flavors of such a bounty. As my parents got toward the latter part of their lives, this tradition was almost forgotten.

I was looking at the various catalogs we get each year around the holidays. The box of sausages and cheese jumped out at me with such clarity I was close to tears. We had received a Swiss Colony catalog and there was the flashback to my childhood in a split second.

Big Guy and I restarted the tradition. Our box of “tree trimming” delights has arrived just in time to kick off the holidays and add cheer to our days ahead getting the house decorated for the holidays.