A few years ago, I started a very strange tradition. It was inspired by a tenacious young border collie by the name of Tai. He was extremely jealous one night as I was trimming the Christmas tree, and kept dropping fragments of dog toys at my feet. As the night went on, I accumulated quite a pile of treasures. Pieces of rope. Lizard feet. Hedgehog hats. As I stopped to admire his work, I noticed an abnormal number of heads. Just for fun, I decided to stick them in the branches of my Christmas tree. This would accomplish two things, I thought. 1) It would keep Tai from picking up the heads and depositing them at my feet again. 2) It would speed up the Christmas tree trimming process. Little did I know, it would actually look stylish.
I've had people come over to my house many times, and complement me on my tree, never noticing the unique ornaments. So as long as I have mangled dog toy heads lying around the house, I'll keep the tradition going. I have a feeling it will continue for a very long time.
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