This is going to be a difficult holiday season for a great many people. Christmas has become a crisis. I want to share something that happened to me long ago, and how I have carried a tradition created out of want, forward. There once was a time when my father said we would not have Christmas - we couldn't even afford a tree. I went out in the woods, and came back with a tree of thorns...

The rest of the story is here: Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and a better New Year to you,  no matter what...

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