[blindkid] Holiday Decorating Blind

[Peter Donahue]

Hello Carrie and listers,

    You could also try Frasier. Glad there is someone else who enjoys having 
real Christmas trees besides us. We bought a 7-foot Frasier Fir tree last 
week and finished decorating it yesterday evening before sitting down to 
watch "It's a Wonderful Life."

    Frasier Fir Trees remind me of the Balsam Firs we would buy when I lived 
in Massachusetts. Both trees have short very tight needles. I like running 
my hands through the branches and feeling them brush against my palms. I 
often tell Mary that I enjoy, "Petting the t5ree." Perhaps it's a way to 
connect with Christmases past in  what I call my "Old Country."

 If you get them as fresh as possible they'll last quite a while. I've heard 
of people keeping live Christmas Trees up well in to the new year; even here 
in South Texas.

    Our tree is so fresh that we needed to let it set up for two nights 
before it was ready to take lights. Mary and I do all of our own Christmas 
decorating. Once the tree or decorations arrive here we take over and put 
them up ourselves. Parents don't be afraid to involve your blind children in 
holiday decorating activities. Mom
encouraged me to assist with putting up the tree when I was very young 
around 4 or 5 years old to be exact. Happy decorating and may you all have a 
blessed holiday season.

Peter Donahue