DTWHoiidayCifn OuideANenesay, December 12, 1990
Terrible tree envy hits
From Associated Press reoorts
The Rockefeller tree has 20,000 lights
festooned around its full and bountiful
branches. I don't see my tree bearing
ornaments this year, not even tinsel for
that matter, but it shows promise.
There is one larger difference between
them, however. This is the last year for
the Rockefeller Norway Spruce. It is
the first Christmas for mine.
It's in my studio apartment because
the price of Christmas trees sky-rocketed
I thought of decorating one of my
house plants, but somehow ornaments
and lights on elephant ears jarred my
traditional sensibilities. Instead, one
evening I tuned in a local TV channel
that plays Christmas songs and shows a
decorated tree and a burning yule log.
ThenI watched "It's a Wonderful Life,"
and "Miracle on Thirty-fourth Street."
That was my Manhattan Christmas.
Come New Year's Eve I had no
parched tree to carry down to the
basement and no trail of dried needles to
be swept up. The maid liked that.
But this summer I got a mailed offer
of an infant Colorado Spruce for $1
from the National Arbor Day Founda
tion in Nebraska City, Neb. I snapped it
up.
It arrived this fall with planting in
structions, a spindly, helpless thing with
only the hint of Me. After soaking its
roots for about 1 0 hours I put it in a pot,
watered it and watched intently. But
nothing happened.
Then ever so slowly it began to stir,
like a baby yawning after a deep sleep.
No baby gets closer attention. I check
its damp soil three times a day, fight off
the urge to water more than once a
week. I talk to it a little like I talked to
my children when they were learning to
walk.
It occupies a prime spot in my studio
apartment with southern exposure and a
controlled climate. That should give it a
long growing season.
Christmas trees were always a part of
my life. I even sold them as a kid in
Detroit.
THE Daily Crossword by Betty Jorg
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