When I hear the song “O Christmas Tree”, I am reminded of the Christmas trees of my childhood.

Perhaps a picture best illustrates the point.

This is my brother and me posing in front of our family Christmas tree in 1955 – probably our last Christmas spent in Montana before moving to New Mexico.

And yes, it’s a real tree. Covered with lots and lots and lots of tinsel. It’s impossible to see the lights and ornaments underneath all that tinsel but at night the red lights and shiny red ball ornaments were beautiful.

You see, my Dad was very particular about the tinsel. And as I recall, “tinsel-decorating-training” began at around age 6 or 7 – several strands draped very carefully, one branch at a time.

I wonder how many boxes of tinsel are on that tree??

The end result was always spectacular. And the lyrics so fitting . . .

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree!
Such pleasure do you bring me!

“Snowflakes in tinsel” featured image is from www.canstockphoto.com.