For the first time in my life, after years of wishing and wanting and waiting, it has finally happened. We have a real Christmas tree. It might not seem like much to you, but to me the lure of the real Christmas tree has been something that has haunted Christmas celebrations past, like a ghost of dreams unfulfilled. This year, celebrating our first Christmas in Melbourne and having, with no family close to us, an Orphan’s Christmas, we decide to…
