Have you ever entered the Christmas season feeling less than happy? I had a bad attitude last Christmas, but I learned an important lesson from it. I knew the answer before I asked but I asked my husband anyway. “What do you think about buying a real tree this year?” He, once again, pointed out there is only one place for a Christmas tree in our living room. True, it looks the best right across from the wood burning stove where roaring fires would dry out a live tree by Christmas Day. Still I liked to dream about a full pine or balsam tree in our home with smells of Christmas everywhere. We unpacked our five-foot tree and fluffed the branches of the fifteen year old slender pine and placed it on its stand. We stacked the boxes off to the side until morning when we would play Christmas music and decorate. Before I fell asleep, I prayed a quick prayer. I asked God to give me a better attitude. I didn’t want my spirit to sag b...