Buying a Xmas Tree at a Big Box Store

Happy Holidays, Everyone!



Buying a Xmas Tree at a Big Box Store


Part indoors, part out, part slippery floor,
part nursery, part bling, part hardware store.
Rows of frosty firs stood stiff with cold,
stacks of Christmas wreaths lay trimmed in gold.
Inflatable Santa rocked in the breeze,
and seasonal workers tried not to freeze.

The air changed when a wide-eyed child appeared
and turned flagging smiles to holiday cheer.
Suddenly, a not-so-perfect tree
revealed possibilities to me.
The boy cast a spell over all we saw,
gifting me a needed sense of awe.

Magic blooms in the strangest of places,
sometimes even in big box spaces.



Marilyn Aschoff Mellor