Philip Kennicott The Washington Pos

It's hard enough parting with one's own Christmas tree, but to find someone else's in the trash, still decorated, still full of lights and little silver ornaments and a glittery red star: This is more than anyone should bear on a gray Monday twixt Christmas and New Year's.

It's hard enough parting with one's own Christmas tree, but to find someone else's in the trash, still decorated, still full of lights and little silver ornaments and a glittery red star: This is more than anyone should bear on a gray Monday twixt Christmas and New Year's.