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Our children are reaching the age where Christmas takes on special meaning. We were talking between ourselves last month and agreed on a few basics. We definitely wish to free ourselves of the consumer drive to hand out elaborate and expensive presents. I received those as a child and, quite frankly, they probably didn’t do me a whole lot of good. What we would like to focus on are the simple joys of being together as a family. This involves plenty of scrumptious food, good stories, wishes, laughter, and some time for serious reflection as well. To achieve that kind of Christmas, you need symbols and the obvious one which inspires so many cultural traditions is the decorated tree. I’m not speaking of those wire and plastic structures...
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