A few colored lights still stretch across some of the streets here in Brussels, but the signs of Christmas have gradually disappeared during my short stay here. The massive Christmas tree has disappeared from the Grand-Place—all that is left to remind us of the impressively beautiful tree is a hole in the ground and several sections of the tree’s trunk.
Seasons change and life quickly moves on, no matter how much we want to slow it down to better savor its special moments.
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Mike Powell 
Somehow, that trunk conveys the size of the tree better than the photo of the tree itself did. So solid and massive — it’s fun to see.