A MAN’s Christmas Tree
This morning I felt like I could’ve been in one of those cheesy Christmas specials.
I lift weights with my friend Slade each Tuesday and Thursday morning. Since the summer time we’ve been meeting to pump iron, and I think only two or three people have ever even nodded acknowledging us or anyone else. Now, I don’t expect a fitness center to be bustling with communal life at 6am, but it has kind of humored me that people can be so grumpy in the wee morning hours! (I MUST be a morning person!)
This morning was different. The hulking coach and owner of the gym busted through the front doors and drug in this giant Christmas tree setting it upright near the entrance to the gym. His tire-sized arms that have pumped more iron than you could eat in your breakfast cereal proceeded to delicately place a gold star at the top of the tree. It was hilarious to watch. Another nameless jock grabbed a few red plastic plates, and placed them all around the tree to work as “ornaments”. As a final touch, I watched as the coach grabbed the bucket of white resin bags and sprinkled the tree with “snow”.
This was a man’s Christmas tree. Who says you can’t build community at 6am?
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