Christmakkah

Every city in Connecticut has a green - a large grassy city center. The greens used to be church burial grounds (many of the greens have the city’s first church), but most of the cities have moved the gravestones to another place, creating a park! No, they did not move the bodies. So in the middle of New Haven is a beautiful green which is home to summer concerts and night movies and many people walking through the town. Greens are one of my favorite parts of New England - despite their dark past. I love seeing the city open up.

Currently, the city is putting up a huge Christmas tree. The tree looks like it was transplanted into the center of the grass. I suppose a good ol’ Christmas tree stand just won’t do it in this case. The other day I was walking through the green (with no coat - it was upper 60s) and saw a crew of 8 men and 2 large utility trucks, both with cherry pickers, working on the lights for this tree. I felt like soon all the characters from the grinch would soon be surrounding the tree and singing carols.

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