Around the middle of January a few years ago, our local hardware store was packing up all of the Christmas things they didn’t sell that year. Tucked into the corner was a little wooden white tree with lovely white branches. It had a really high price tag on it ($79.00!). No wonder no one bought it.

I was captivated by it and saw all sorts of possibilities of using it as a Light Tree which would be an excuse to hang lights on it during the Season of Epiphany (in the western world, it starts January 6th) to dispense the long winter nights and bring some light inside.

The tree was half price. That was still too expensive for me. The owner of the store happened to come by at the time and saw I was interested in it and asked “How about 1/2 of the 1/2 price?” … “Mmmm, that would be around $20”, I thought.

And then he said, “But I don’t have the box and it’ll take up too much time to pack it up and I’ll have to store it for a year, so how about $10?” Deal!

What a treasure! And it was already put together so I wouldn’t have to do that … and, it came with tiny white lights! So, I took it home and have been using it during the winter months each year since.

Along with the white lights, the now-named ‘Epiphany Light Tree’ has a variety of handmade Christmas “star” ornaments on it symbolizing the Light that came into the world, oh so very long ago. I also mark Epiphany with a Star Word. What’s that? A separate Soulistry reflection about was posted January 6th and can be read here: https://soulistry.com/star-word-for-epiphany

May you have a safe, wonder-filled (wonderful), healthy and blessed Season of Epiphany and winter with Light within you and around you. Let the Light in.

© June Maffin
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