A "fake" Christmas tree marks a change for longtime Post Bulletin contributor

A "fake" Christmas tree marks a change for longtime Post Bulletin contributor

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — We decided it was time. It was necessary. But this year our Christmas tree has no soul. We — my husband Lowell Wenzel and I — bought an artificial tree. We’ve hung our customary ornaments: the ones from our 13-month sojourn in Europe long ago, the ones from my husband’s mother — antiques by now, and the ones with our children’s birth years on them. But still the tree has no soul. It stands upright — no lean or curve to it, b…