By: Gloria Houston
(Historical Fiction)
Every year a family is chosen to
choose the Christmas tree for Pine Grove Church. They choose a tree in the spring and mark it. Papa says they will chose a Balsam tree
because it grows high near heaven.
On their grandfather’s mountain was their tree. Ruthie was assigned to be a heavenly
angel in the village play. She
marks the tree with her red ribbon from her hair. During the summer Papa was called away to be a soldier. Since he left there was no timber to
make money off of. Ruthie said a
prayer. In the fall they got a
letter from Papa that he would be home for Christmas. Papa didn’t come home with the other men, and it was the day
before Christmas Eve, and they were practicing for the play. Preacher said someone else could get
the tree, but it was Ruthie’s family’s turn. Late that night Mama took two kids to find the perfect
Balsam tree. They found the tree
and cut it down with Papa’s ax.
She also made Ruthie a dress out of her wedding dress. Church was over St. Nick said here’s
one more gift=Papa. Ended “Grandma
Ruthie told me so…”
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