a merry pandemic

There won't be any question, looking at this photograph, which Christmas this was. This was the Christmas everybody decorated early to cheer themselves up. I got a picture of my neighbors, Steven and Dan, getting their Christmas tree a few years ago, and they let me get another. I saw them yesterday coming back after checking several Christmas tree stands and deciding that the trees in New York were too expensive. They were planning to go to the country and pick one up. Bu then it is supposed to snow tonight, and the thought of decorating a tree while snow is falling was too much for them. They caved. The tree was $150, but hey—it's a big, nice one.