A New Tradition

This year we've started a new tradition.

The post Christmas clean-up is a bit of a bummer so I've decided to spice things up a bit. Instead of simply hand mulching our organically grown Fraser Fur like we usually do, we're going to push the tree disposal boundaries a little bit.

Back when I was in university my college chums and I went through a brief period of time when throwing things off the roof our our house was a grand form of entertainment. It was this memory that inspired the activities of tonight.

With the family gathered a safe distance away from the landing area, I pulled the now thoroughly dry tree up onto the roof of our home. There I doused it with kerosene using a small hand-held sprayer and lit it ablaze.

Its glowing arc through the cold night sky was something our family will cherish in our hearts forever... or until next year.