I battled the flu this holiday season. By the time I got around to putting up a tree, the seasonal vendors were gone and Home Depot had sold out. But Lowe’s across the way was closing out it’s inventory at $2 a tree. The tree got put the day before Christmas but then I gave in to the flu and took to the bed. I got lights on the tree before New Years but that’s as far as I got. It came down on Sunday, the day after Epiphany. Why did I bother? The aroma of course. Unfortunately the aroma never made it through the congestion. But I put a new bag in the vacuum before cleaning up so I may get some pine aroma later. There’s always next year.