Friday foto: This explains it

Every year at Christmas it's a discussion between Roo and I about putting up a tree.  He can't imagine Christmas without it, and I don't see what the big deal about having one is.  As I was looking through pictures I realized that this was grilled into me at an early age.  Obviously you can tell by this picture that Christmas trees weren't a big priority in our household.  Really Mom and Dad?!?  What was up with this?