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IAN:Thursday 12/29/2022 Christmas Tree Blues [1]
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Date: 2022-12-28
Not this year's tree
Due to my watching documentaries about nature on PBS, I have started to rethink live Christmas trees in my future. I am sad about what I can’t unlearn or ignore. You may find this silly. I understand, it is a new thought to me but it has been building.
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I never thought of trees as being sentient, like animals. Then, new science discovered how trees are connected underground through a vast system of fungus and how they communicate to each other. There has been some hint that they may be able to see, that they perceive pressure but have no pain receptors so feel no pain when cut down. I have come to wonder if they send alarm to one another of impending changes, if they suffer from fear.
But the biggest worry I have is the slow death of the cut tree. I kept it watered so it did not become just a lot of dry tinder. Every time I watered it, it sent out a lovely fresh pine smell and the tips perked up and grew a little. The thoughts have overwhelmed me.
I know that I am over sensitive right now, that the year of illness that has not been resolved is shadowing every thing I do or think. But I do not want another cut tree to celebrate the changes in the seasons. My family will give me grief about it but I will keep it to myself until the proper time. An artificial tree will be easier to decorate, will not drop needles, will not need water, and will not die in my living room.
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