Tree Worship (The Christmas Spirit)
Spot the kitty. I haven't put up a Christmas tree in a good twenty years, the problem being that I keep cats, and cats destroy Christmas trees. If I had kids I'd probably have done what my parents did and put up a tree anyway but it just seemed like too much trouble. I remember from childhood both our siamese cats climbing a natural tree at the same time, plaintive meowing coming from within the rustling boughs, and then the tree swaying and falling over. I also used to joke about it being pagan tree worship, referring to the history of European celebrations of the winter solstice. I always remember the christian definition of Christmas as a holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus. But I guess I consider the christmas tree as a separate non-religious tradition. I finally decided I wanted to put up a tree again this year so I took the step of searching Amazon for "cat proof christmas tree" or similar and got some options. I picked one with the branches close enough toge...
