Good Shit: I Love Her
Monday, March 5, 2012 at 6:28PM Mrs. G. This past Christmas, Mrs. G. was sitting in her living room with her kids.
"Do you guys want a tree?" Mrs. G. asked, still convalescing from gallbladder surgery.
"Do you want a tree?" The asked back.
"No, I really need you to be honest with me so we can make this happen. Do you want a tree?"
They shrugged. "We want a tree because we know you want a tree."
"Wait. I only want a tree because I assumed you guys wanted a tree."
It was unanimous: no tree. They kept it simple with wreaths and their favorite traditional Christmas knick knacks: Putz houses, lit up London villages, unlimited peppermint bark.
When Mrs. G. came home after Mr. G. took her dinner for her birthday, this was sitting on the coffee table?
The kids had bought her a little tree for her birthday.
A little tree with sparkly white branches, a little Charlie Brown Christmas tree in drag.
Mrs. G. finds it so charming and in keeping with her modest white trash provenance, she has decided to leave it up all year. It is currently decorated for spring. Up next: Easter.
Reader Comments (23)
Oh goodness I love it! What a great idea!
A seasonal tree. How very Steiner of you Mrs G. Steiner Bling - hahahahahahahahaha (I crack myself up).
I highly approve. I had a valentine tree last year.
i love this. i'm not sure when but, i got the idea for an 'easter tree' that we put up every year....we cut a branch or two from the cherry tree or plum tree (usually with nice little buds on them)....and we hang our various easter decorations on them. we blow and dye eggs and hang those from the branches. i have told the boys that holidays are in your heart and they can last as long as you want them to. happy "whatever holiday or feeling that you have".
OH! Then you have Mother's day, Father's day, July 4th...... :)
Don't forget St. Patrick's Day!
Very sweet and thoughtful. I hope my kids are like that in a few years.
Kids- you did well in that department- enjoy your sweet tree.
My mom always had a seasonal tree up. Love it!
Well this reminds me that my mom always had an Easter tree and that somewhere I have those darling old glass eggs. Think this requires a trip to the basement to find them. Love your tree Mrs G.
Sweet!
I love it too!
Well done, kids.
It's fabulous!
I'm sorry - I got distracted by unlimited peppermint bark...
Love the snail. So perfectly Pacific NW.
That tree is very cool. Will decorating it for the many holidays/seasons require trips to Michael's?
Darn it - why didn't I think of this? I just got rid of my tree a week or so ago. Then again, it was a real tree and the only space I have to put it is inside the front door... But it would have been really cool to have a "Parched-by-the-Heat Mojave Desert" themed tree by the time August rolls around. Maybe next year...
Those are some very thoughtful kids! You did well, mom.
Ok, I don't know who Steiner is, but I'm liking that snail ornament.
When we lived in NJ, we were in a far more modern house than we've ever lived in since. The foyer (pronounced the snooty pseudo-French way) featured three trees (really large branches) spayed to looked like they were covered in sparkly snow. They got seasonal ornaments too.
They even put a bird on it!
I want a little tree for my Easter ornaments. So far, no luck. Can I borrow your kids?
Awwwww... Too cute! (The kids' thoughtfulness *and* the tree!)
If I send a koala will you do Australia Day?
.....though maybe kangaroo's go better with white?