For the last 15 years during the week after Thanksgiving we have gone to a “cut your own” lot to pick a tree. They are fresher and last longer when fresh cut. I also felt I was helping a local business. When we were through with the tree, we would toss it over the fence for our goats. They loved the present. I always made sure the tree was goat safe with no tinsel or hooks on any ornaments. The goats really appreciated that bit of green when everything was brown and the tree was usually devoured within a few hours. After that it looked like a skeleton lying in the field, all bear of leaves.
We have not had goats for over 10 years but I still do not use hooks or tinsel. But this year the irony struck me as we were choosing a tree. Why were we cutting down a perfectly good tree, basically killing it to celebrate a holiday about life? I think this may be the last year for a live tree for us.
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