I was never a two-tree person ’til this year.

I needed the Christmas cheer.

A lone pine, in the past, was all I could muster,

Two trees? Too much fuss and bluster.

Then the kids left,

And feeling bereft,

I needed that extra tree.

I needed some holiday glee.

Cold days are shorter now,

My days from disarray to order now.

But I won’t whine,

Or pine.

I’ll put up two trees.

I’ll spend more time on my knees…

I’ll even have two nativities.