To tree, or not to tree--that is the question:
Whether 'tis timely in the month to bedeck
the tree with baubles of Christmas celebration
or ‘tis better to wait ‘til Christmas tidings
are more closely upon us. To hang, the lights—
twinkling—and by their light to stand and sing
our carols, and place the lovely presents
that we each share, too. ‘Tis a celebration
delightedly to be wished. To tree, to rearrange –
to rearrange – perhaps to clean: ay, there’s the rub,
for in that decorating, what furniture must move
when we have carried in that fragrant fir,
must give us pause. There’s the reason
that makes procrastination of such draw.
