When we were kids, Mahito & I (and eventually Aiki) would head out into the woods in search of the perfect Christmas tree. The perfect Christmas tree had to be symmetric, with evenly spaced branches, and no gaping holes that would require creative decoration to disguise. It would take us hours, and we would wander through ravines, up and down tree-covered hillsides and dense thickets search of the right one. <\/p>\n
We always found one. And on our way home we would search for a fallen tree to take the top off of– We would take that mangled, asymmetric top to present to our parents as “the perfect Christmas tree.” We always did our best to convince them that this one was it, before revealing our actual perfect tree. I don’t think we ever fooled them, so I’m not sure why we kept trying but at some point it started to feel like tradition. <\/p>\n
Mahito would trim the bottom few branches, set up the tree, (make several wreaths, hand carve some decorations, bake some cookies– darn overachiever) and we would decorate. No time of year felt quite as magical as the moment when the Christmas tree lights came on for the first time.<\/p>\n
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