Getting into the Holiday Spirit

'Tis the season for decorations of tinsel and pine, of shiny glass and twinkling lights. When I was walking down D'Olier Street yesterday, I was enjoying the crisp, cool air as I watched some men unloading a tree from the roof of their van. There were three of them to manage a tree of 8-10 feet (I haven't gone metric yet, sorry!). I watched them cut the ropes and then the two men on the roof tossed the tree towards the man on the ground. It hit the sidewalk a few feet from me as I was walking past. The men apologised for almost landing the tree on me and we laughed that I would've been a sacrifice to the holiday spirit.