poor christmas

So we took our Christmas tree down the other day, like the 27th, but it was dying & making a big mess with needles & the ornaments were falling off & breaking. So the boys are helping, & are asking questions about why we're taking it down. So I tell them that it's dying & making a mess. Well that leads to questions from Ryan about why it's dying. I try to explain to this 3 yr old that after you cut it down, it's going to die & that it's making a mess & dropping ornaments, etc. So maybe an hour or so after we're all done, Ryan looks at me with big, puddled up eyes, & says, "Mama, why swishmas dies?"

Well geez Ryan, had I known that taking the tree down was going to break your heart, I would have held off.... made me feel like Scrooge! Lol.