Author(s)

Regina Stoops

Document Type

Blog

Publication Date

12-17-2019

Abstract

"But we have a tree, what are you going to do with our tree, you can't just leave it outside, it's our tree!" The tree in question was a very scrappy looking potted pine that we'd brought in from the backyard each year for Christmas. We'd had the tree so long we can't really remember when or where it appeared. The first year it was a tabletop decoration, the picture perfect tree in miniature with full, needle filled branches and a lovely triangle shape. After its moment of glory it was put outside and mostly forgotten about. We rewarded its survival by bringing it back inside the next Christmas. At some point, we draped a skirt around it, hung a few lights and formally adopted it as our tree.

Keywords

Erma Bombeck, humor writing, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop, University of Dayton


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