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Today’s Blog Post
Do you remember the TV Program that is a classic now.. “Charlie Brown’s Christmas Tree”? It was way back in 1965 when it was first aired…
Last night I felt a little like Charlie Brown… with his little tiny Christmas Tree. We had just installed(dropped off) our four foot, black tree covered with Tatting. Yikes four feet is not very big!!!
As my wife and I left the Memorial Centre Hockey Arena it was hard walking away. We were overwhelmed by a strange feeling. She said, “It feels like we are leaving our baby behind…”
I nodded in affirmation. I understood completely. Our “baby tree” that we had worked so hard on was now sitting in that big, cold arena floor surrounded by big beautiful trees all decorated in unbelievable ways. Most were seven and a half feet tall and one was over 12 feet high!
I felt like I should be sleeping there overnight to protect it!
Earlier in the evening we had brought the tree into the Arena and were told to sit it on the floor near the stage area. On its left side was a three tier high set of speakers to blast out the sound from the stage area. On its right were three big, beautiful trees loaded with prizes and gifts from the sponsor.
The poor little black tree sparkled… and I blushed. My tree was so small.
Some of the other designers came over to look at the little, tiny offering that we had just sat up. They stood staring at the tree without any words. I thought for sure they would bust out laughing at the shrub in front of them.
One lady then asked in a hushed voice, “Is that Tatting on this tree? Did you do all that?”
I nodded yes… and then felt a little bashful… like a grade three boy with his art project dragging beside him across the school ground… and then the older girls coming to ask to see it… sheesh!
I asked the ladies if they had decorated a tree as well. They said “Yes, but it is a big commercial thing, nothing at all like this one! This is beautiful!” motioning to the little black tree that I am sure was grinning from branch to branch.
As we wondered around the building taking many photos of all the trees… it was fun seeing what other “artists/designers” had accomplished with the decorations. These were Big League designers and decorators. Other than one other little tree decorated with Crocheted Christmas things, ours was the only one that had tatting on it… the only one that was very different.
My one thought was, “I hope they don’t think we bought these snowflakes in the Dollar Store! NO THEY WERE NOT MADE IN CHINA!”
As we arrived back at our little tree it was a good thing. The Hulks that set up the sound system were about to move the trees out of the way… kind of slide them over a little… so they could drive a rapid lift, huge machine through the spot where our tiny tree was sitting. They couldn’t run the big machine over their sound cords… but a small, insignificant Christmas Tree was another story.
YIKES! I felt like I did when my grandsons were beside me and the big truck was way too close for comfort as it backed up!!!!
I moved the tree to safer place. I found a spot beside two other beautiful little trees that stood in safer place. I am sure that the other trees giggled when the little black guy came over to stand with them. They understood!
I am so thankful for Dr. Bert Van Brenk stepping forward to sponsor this Christmas Tree Project. Without his support I may not have been able to get this done. I sure hope he likes it.
To help you see how the little tree fits in… here are some samples for you to see.
If you are on Facebook you will see all 70 or so shots that we took last night.
The viewing schedule for the public is
Wednesday Nov 24th – 9 AM to 4:30 PM
Thursday Nov 25th 11 AM to 9:30 PM
Friday Nov 26th 3:30 to 9:30 PM
Saturday Nov 27 10 AM to 5 PM
Sunday 10 Am to 4 PM
See The Web Site for more details http://www.pfot.org/
~ Murray Lincoln ~
http://www.murraylincoln.com/
Resource
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4Hv9YmhGpw
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Charlie_Brown_Christmas
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