One of my Christmas traditions for the past few years has been to boycott the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life.” To this day I’ve never seen the film, and I have refused to do so until I meet “the one.” Every time I watch a movie by myself, I feel the dull ache of knowing that’s yet another experience I haven’t been able to share with that special girl. I wanted there to be one classic movie left over that I hadn’t seen yet, and only watch it for the first time ever when I finally have my beloved in my arms. I hope if I do meet her someday, she’ll understand why I made this choice, and why it’s so important to me.
Now I’m about to start another tradition. As an early Christmas gift I received a potted miniature Christmas tree, and I thought to myself, “I will continue to take care of this tree until I meet the girl of my dreams, and perhaps even beyond. This will be our future, special tree.” So as long as the tree lives on, my hope lives on. Of course, I’ll have to take the ornaments off after Christmas is over, lest I should look like a moron keeping a decorated Christmas tree around the place in the middle of July. :-D
For now, I can only hope that these two traditions will see soon see their fulfillment, perhaps even as early as next year. In the meantime though, I must continue to play the waiting game.
But for the rest of you, I wish you all the very merriest of Christmas, and that your Holiday season be filled with joy and peace. God bless us everyone.
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Is the tree the Norfolk Island Pine? (or something along those lines)
I just bought one for myself about 4 days ago…It’s an “upside down tree”
I have read before that they grow as big as real pine trees in their native island…(wherever that is!)
That’s a good question, I’ll have to ask my relative to find out what type it is if she knows, but if she doesn’t, here’s a picture to see if you can identify it instead. :-D
I like that you talk about your hopes here. I find it heartwarming to see another romantic guy in blogosphere, keep it up and she will come….
It pays to be unique. Thanks for your kind words, and I wish you a wonderful Christmas day. :)
Good luck to you to find your beloved soon.
I think they are both great ideas
Merry Christmas
Have a blessed Christmas, my brother! Don’t worry, there’s a girl out there for you. God has answered your prayers, but His answer was probably ‘wait’. :)
Thank you for your e-card. I’m such a bad brother I didn’t send you one, so I hope wishing you a good one here compensates a little. ;)
With love,
Shalom Aleichem.
Thanks Bubbles!
Naughty naughty!
That’s ok, Shalom to you as well and a Merry Christmas.
Ummm, no…I think that is different. Mine is smaller and the branches are not so compact. And – they kinda sprawl downward… Will take a picture and add it to my site. ;)
@SM: I managed to dig out the label and it appears to be a Cypress tree that was grown in Canada, though what type of Cypress I’m not sure. If it grows large enough to develop cones I’ll probably know for sure what it is then.
That’s cool. It really is pretty! I added mine to my blog if you wanna look.
I hope your tree lives. I bought one a few years ago, watered it, loved it and it dried up and withered away. Pretty much like my romantic life :-D Great blog I’ll be back!
Beth, lol, here’s hoping my tree will live just a little bit longer than yours did.
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I’ve never seen It’s a Wonderful Life either! LOL!
It just never happened, for some reason.