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Timmy knows that his family usually sets up their plastic Christmas tree by the middle of December. Then they decorate it by adding lights and lots of Christmas ornaments. Many of the ornaments are colourful, sparkling balls. Paper stars and pinecones don’t sparkle.
“It wasn’t boring at all,” explains Oma Kati. “Things were just different. Your opa usually went to the forest with his brother to cut down the most beautiful Christmas tree they could find. They set it up a few days before Christmas and I decorated it with lovely candles, pinecones, paper stars, and apples. It was very beautiful.”
“Oh,” replies Timmy. He pictures going into the woods on a snowy winter day to cut down a tree. He thinks that would be exciting.