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December 2023

-  O Christmas Tree With a Bow  -

For me, a Christmas tree is as much a part of Christmas as Christmas carols and presents. When the tree is decorated on Christmas Eve, invisible to children's eyes behind a closed door, it appears timeless at first glance. But over the years, it has become apparent that the Christmas tree moves with the times. In my childhood, tinsel dangled in long strands from the branches, Christmas tree baubles shone in many shapes and colours from the dark coniferous green. At the top of the tree was a large star, with the baby Jesus in his manger in the centre. When we sang Christmas carols in the darkened living room, the tree seemed like the centre of the Christmas magic. This was probably due to the flickering real candles, which my parents never took their eyes off. When I became a teenager, tinsel went out of fashion. Instead of glittering baubles, handmade straw stars, natural pine cones and pretty wooden figurines from the Erzgebirge now hung on the tree. A string of lights had replaced the wax candles. From then on, the Christmas tree diminished in size year after year and once, when I visited my parents, the Christmas tree had given way to a stick-together artificial one. I still haven't got used to it to this day. I was too fond of the scent of fir, which, combined with the flavour of home-baked biscuits and the melodies of well-known Christmas carols, made Christmas Eve magical for me. Christmas trees are now also available in pots and can be planted outside again after Christmas. My friend Ute, whose little tree with a bow I once painted, always does this. In some years, when the soil hasn't frozen but has remained soft, planting out even seems to work. At any rate, I always like to imagine that all the medium-sized front garden firs were once decorated Christmas trees. A nice thought, I think.

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