Celebration at the Gardenia Center

When I was a shaver living at my parents home. One year after Christmas my mom bought a fake tree and I thought it was dreaded looking and I sore that when I had my own place I wouldn’t get a fake tree. Confession time...I’m starting to look at them in the stores. But I just can’t bring my self to buy one.
Plus I’m not a big fan of trees from a Christmas Tree farm. “To heavy” with branch you just lay your ornaments on them.
The other day on the Today Show Martha Stewart was on showing how to trim a tree and I guess if you trim every other layer of branches you could hang the ornaments on tree.
So Murphy and I went out on our property on the North Bench and cut down a grand fir tree.
When the boys where young they went out and cut the tree down and help decorate the tree. Now only the excepted expensive gifts

Last night I went down to Gardenia Center to the celebration of light festival. “What a show” I’ve never been to such a diverse of all religion and the holidays.
They covered the Jewish by lighting a Menorah, Christen they cover by singing songs about the Nativity, for the Pagan they had a dance, and also the did anther dance for the Sharism.
One lady ready some poetry but in all honesty I wasn’t sure what religion it was actual following but I’d guess a middle Eastern.
I tried to get my boys to go and they asked me what kind of concert it was and I didn’t know but it was one of the best Holiday program that I every been to.
After the Celebration we went down stairs and Mrs. Claus brought goodies for the younger kids.