There are only two occasions each year when one can hug a tree without any political or environmental connotations and without being ridiculed — perhaps not the latter.
One is when wrapping your Christmas lights around your tree outside. The other one when you take them down.
Today is the last opportunity until next Christmas.
Don’t forget to hug your tree, and Happy New Year.
The author is a retired U.S. Air Force officer and a writer.