While the lyrics of this festive Christmas carol are true:
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree,
How lovely are your branches!
In beauty green will always grow
Through summer sun and winter snow.
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
How lovely are your branches!

… they become false when all the beautiful trees get pitched curbside starting the day after the big Present Extravaganza! Don't you Green Thumbs out there find this sad? I certainly do! It's the reason I haven't had a live Christmas tree in years, even though that has its own level of sadness.

But this year I have renewed hope. It's the first year that I have heard several news stories about companies who do some form of tree ‘rental'. This isn't a new concept, apparently it's been going on for a while now, but I wish & hope it will catch on for the future!

It's one thing to accidentally kill a plant that we had very good intentions of caring for, but it's quite another thing altogether to purposefully cut down a beautiful living tree! Instead of paying an exorbitant amount of money for something that has already started to die when it's purchased, why not buy a live version and either plant it afterwards or donate it to an appropriate recipient?

This is the new bandwagon I'm jumping on --- promoting the purchase/rental of living Christmas trees --- so join me, won't you?!

Happy Holidays!