There were indeed three Christmas trees, and Zoe chose the smallest because if she messed it up nobody would be too upset. Maybe she shouldn’t have worried, because there were big color-coded Rubbermaid bins full of miles of tinsel, spun-glass or round ornaments in a variety of shades, and other decorations wrapped in tissue paper, plenty of them homemade and all with stories.
This was your grandmother Rachael’s; she loved deer…you made this the last Christmas we had together, see the handprint?…This is from the old country, they put candles on the boughs there…oh, I remember that, wasn’t that McKenna’s first formal visit? Allison gave us that the Christmas after you two were born…
This was your grandmother Rachael’s; she loved deer…you made this the last Christmas we had together, see t
