And It Comes Down. . . 02/365

"We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden."

-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Today is the day that the Christmas tree is coming down, and gets put away for another 11 months. It's always a sad day for me when I have to take the tree down, like a part of me is getting hidden away for most of the year. Every year it seems as though I put up the tree and decorations earlier and earlier; maybe it's because I get almost child-like in the essence of the holidays. So cheers to this past holiday season, and so begins my personal countdown until the next begins.