樹還是首當其衝,可能因為沒被改製過:不像變成麥樂雞的淡黃毛茸茸幼鳥、也是樹製的紙紥屋木棺材、造成手袋的小鱷魚、折技噴殺蟲水鍊成的香水、梵高星空用的臭油、坐飛機去倫敦散心排放的二氧化碳... 聖誕樹出身沒被好好收埋,彷彿活活展示人前的死屍,提醒我們平日多無情自私。裝飾的、藝術的、無益的、炫耀的,有需要和無需要之間的線,畫在那裹。
以前的聖誕樹,掛的不是聖誕波波,而是蘋果、核桃、棗子等可吃的果子,直至十八世紀,蠟燭被懸上聖誕樹上,使整棵樹亮起。聖誕樹早於十二世紀的德國已經出現,這長青樹/冷杉被挑選在聖誕期間象徵伊甸園內的「天堂樹」,給寒冬中瑟縮的人溫暖的希望,提醒他們大自然將再度穌醒。宿木。冬青。今天回家,大堂滿是森林松香,很快樂。也希望真在森林木屋裹,掛滿一樹香橘燭光。
“Thousands of lights were burning on the green branches, and gaily-colored pictures, such as she had seen in the shop-windows, looked down upon her. The little maiden stretched out her hands towards them when--the match went out. The lights of the Christmas tree rose higher and higher, she saw them now as stars in heaven...” Hans Christian Andersen
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