Joy of Christmas

This year’s Christmas tree may be smaller, but it has a lot more meaning for Bob and Terri Kulhanek.

The miniature pine dressed with garland and colored lights marks the first Christmas for the Kulhaneks and their four children since a fire gutted their Sylvania-Petersburg Rd. home March 18.

Among the decorations are six special ornaments bearing the names of their dogs and cats who died in the fire. Jynx, Kallie, Lovey, Velvet, Scooter and Moe Moe are gone but haven’t been forgotten by the family.

“It’s our memorial to them,” Mrs. Kulhanek said.

She said she had reservations about putting up a tree at all this year, given that the family has been living in a cramped mobile home since the fire. The tight trailer will be their haven until their new home is finished in January.

However, Mrs. Kulhanek said the family couldn’t go against the Christmas tradition of the tree surrounded by presents.

“It’s not the same,” she said, even if the tree is only half the size.

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