christmas clearance

so i know that it is no where near christmas time and it makes no chronological sense for me to write about this now...but the story of my first family christmas tree popped into my head today while i was marking clearance price at work

the first family christmas tree.....

not sure the year or the date that this actually happened, i am guessing fairly early in my parent's marriage from what i am told and i am pretty sure that i was not even born yet(so early 1970s)- but that is of little consequence to the story....

my parent's were having their first christmas together-
being christmas, they thought that it might be a time to go buy their first family tree
(fake not real)
so they ventured out to the local department stores to see what they could find...
sadly they found that the price of a tree was more than they ever thought it would be...
thinking if they spend that much money on a tree there will be nothing to put under it...
as they looked and looked for something they could afford a little cosmic intervention happened (or atleast that is what i like to think)....
there on the k mart floor was a lonely clearance sticker ...
a sticker from some random item...
a unexpected blue light special....
undoubtly there to help my dad save the day and give my mom their first christmas tree that
believe it or not was still part of our family christmas until about 10 years ago...