Tree sitting

early. His mother promised him to place a Christmas tree. The kid had the impression that every year the Christmas tree shrunk. His father brought it home five years before when he was three years old. Then the tree seemed to be very tall… in that moment not anymore. Richard and his mom shook the tree after taking it out from the box. They kept the box in a closed place between festivities. Carefully and with enthusiasm started to decorate the tree, it was almost finished when his father…

Six-year-old children do not make good doctors. This statement may seem fairly obvious, but my six-year-old-self was ignorant to this fact. Sitting in the middle of a carpet floor of a white-walled classroom, my best friend Gracie and I were using mechanical pencils to give each other ‘shots’. After cleaning our arms, hands, thighs and any other body parts that desperately needed medical attention with hand sanitizer and tissues, we traded turns being the doctor and administering the ‘shots’.…

this February day and Mr. Farmer, just finishing his morning cereal, was very happy to see the sunshine gleaming through the tree limbs and warming the earth below. So far it had been a cold and snowy winter. And even though he knew no friends or neighbors, he felt that on this day he would not sense that feeling of being alone because the sunshine, the swaying of the tree limbs and the small animals at play would make him feel less lonely. Maybe today Mr. Farmer would be able to join the…

Christmas tree and Nativity scene both were displayed in the space. I set to work on the Nativity scene first because I knew that the Christmas tree would take longer to festoon. After adding the animals, the three Kings, along with Mary and Joseph I was practically done besides adding small details. I stepped back to admire my work once again and even began to think that maybe I could have a well-established career being an interior…

The Christmas Tree After all the feasting on turkey, dressing, giblet gravy, macaroni and cheese, potatoes, and so many desserts we get fat just from looking at them, we came home and put up a Christmas Tree. This is a pretty common occurrence around the country, but for me it is the first Christmas tree that has been in my house in forty-three years and the very first for my children. One of my favorite photos in my mother’s collection shows a tiny me sitting in a red rocking chair under the…

her way back to the couch as Grandma turned the volume down on the TV. Rosie greeted us at the door wagging her tail and jumping up onto our legs. Happy to see her, I picked her up and all three of us made our way into the small room. The Christmas tree was the biggest and brightest thing in the room. It was a cone of light with specks of color next to the piano. Grandma pulled up a chair across from Granny. I just sat straight on the floor and played tug of war with the dog. Grandma told us to…

The Redwood Network In the towering redwood tree lived four friends,Todo the squirrel, Jullien the owl, Kim the koala, and the infamous bee named Pete. The four just graduated from redwood high school and were now ready to start their lives. Todo and Jullien planned on going to work with Jullien's dad at the leaf transportation company. Meanwhile Kim and Pete got accepted to Maple University starting in the fall. The four of them promised each other they would spend the whole summer making…

He jumped off the porch and sped through the woods to Alivias’ house. Devin leaped up into the old maple tree outside of Alivias’ window. He could hear her toss and turn in her bed. Liv, just relax and breathe deeply, it’s just a dream. An echoic voice said in a comforting whisper. Who’s that? Devin thought. I’m Lawson. The echoic voice replied. Lawson, as in Alivias’ brother Lawson? Devin asked. Yes. But you’re dead. How are you talking through Alivias’ mind? I’m not sure, when I died I…

“Under the Christmas tree over there!” You point to the tree that was to your right. Rebekah really outdid herself this year with the party. From what you have seen of the Mikaelson mansion, it’s fully decked out with Christmas decorations and not to mention the tree was just the frosting on the cake. Marcel nodded and strolled on over towards the massive pine Christmas tree, decorated with red, gold and white ornaments. There was easily over a hundred presents under the tree, all mostly from…

Everyone remembers the overwhelming excitement of waking up on christmas morning to find that Santa Clause has visited and left the empty plate of cookies and glass of milk, along with a mound of presents sitting under a perfectly lit tree. The legend of Santa Claus is meant to inspire a spirit of joy and giving. It is a tradition among families that has long been upheld, but many are starting to question the deception behind Jolly ole Saint Nick. Parents across the world are struggling with…