Christmas is fun for everyone… except the tree?!

What comes to mind when you think of Christmas? Lively carols, delightful gifts, delicious cake, warm evenings with loved ones… …and right in the middle of it all, a twinkling Christmas tree.
As soon as winter comes, the tree stands tall in the square, yard, and living room, receiving everyone's love.
But one Christmas, the writer suddenly had this thought.
Could that tree be lonely, too? Standing like a screen beside people, twinkling with light, unable to sing or dance with them? Could those heavy decorations be a burden? Wouldn't it long to throw them off and return to its home forest?


Then I thought of the main character of “Turi” from “The Tree Who Wants to Dance”.
He's a troublemaker and a bundle of troublemaker who always gets in trouble for messing around and playing around.
Touri is unable to fully enjoy Christmas because of his 'obligation to stand still'.
Looking at the greatest Christmas trees of all time, inducted into the Hall of Fame for not moving, Tourie finally made up his mind.
This Christmas, I won't stand still, I'll run far away and enjoy it my way!

I'm going to have a great time this Christmas.
In my own way!

Turi runs away from the Fairy Guards, past the Hairdresser Fairies who are diligently pruning the trees, and behind the Gift Fairies who are preparing presents for children all over the world.
After a great deal of commotion, we finally reached a distant field.
But what's going on? I've found the freedom I've longed for, but now I have no idea what to do.
Touri finally comes to a realization when he hears the song of a little bird shivering in the cold and becomes friends with the forest friends who come to hear the sound.
Singing and dancing happily with friends is the Christmas festival I really want!

In the novel "Skipping Christmas," which was made into a movie a long time ago, a family tries to skip Christmas, when everyone is competing to decorate their houses and throw parties, and goes on vacation, only to run into trouble with their neighbors.
Holidays and festivals are happy times spent with loved ones, but for some, the obligation to enjoy them together can be a subtle pressure.
The author's idea of ​​Turi rejecting a Christmas tree was probably a reflection of his own feelings of not being able to properly fit into the noisy Christmas atmosphere while studying abroad in England.
How about making this Christmas a warm one, a Christmas that you can enjoy in your own way, like Touri, and reach out to someone lonely?