Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree Book

Well now. I had never heard of this story before but it must have been one of THE children's book for Christmas once upon a time. How I know? Because The Muppets adapted the story!

The story is very simple as this is a book to be enjoyed with very young readers (or for the young at heart among us):
As every year, Mr. Willowby is having his Christmas tree delivered. there is just one problem - it's too tall!

Not to worry though, one can always trim it down to size, which is just what they do. Fortunately, the top parts isn't just thrown away but given to another inhabitant of the house and when it won't entirely fit in her room either, she again cuts off the top ... and so on.

In the end, the story comes full circle with the last "family" to get the very tip of it, so one and the same tree is lighting up many different homes.

I really liked this thoughtful look at the life of a Christmas tree and what we can do so as not to waste a bit of them. Considering the age of the story, I was all the more impressed with the message. Christmas traditionally is about spreading cheer after all.

Add to that the very cute illustrations as shown in this review and you will probably understand why I was thoroughly enchanted. :)