Follow the star

We're really getting to the fag end of Christmas. Even the tree in Kendal's Market Place is looking rather sorry for itself. Though it's far from the worse effort the town has seen. That award surely goes to the tree of 2010 which even had the national press pondering whether it was the shabbiest tree in Britain.
http://metro.co.uk/2010/11/19/is-this-the-shabbiest-christmas-tree-in-britain-kendal-tree-leaves-traders-cold-584787/

Maybe our listing tree is a metaphor for the new year. That star on its top seems to be pointing optimistically forward. Into the future, perhaps? I like that.