Drr... drrrr... again this voice wakes me up and I realize that I have lost one more friend. Who was cut down this time? Will it get into a house in which people appreciate its beauty? A thousand thoughts bother me. I do not want to open my eyes. I do not want to see which one died...

It seems like I'm already used to it, but it's just as painful from year to year... As soon as it gets cold and the forest trees start to release their leaves, we - the pine trees are already trembling, we know that the day is approaching when we will have to say goodbye to each other. Then we wait on which side we find ourselves: will we experience those feelings again or will everything end for us here?

I am already old and I have experienced many sorrows. I have promised many of my fellow trees that next year will be green and happy but I cannot fulfill my wish because I may not meet them in the morning. Probably I have survived miraculously so far, but I know that from now on no one will cut me down. As I told you, I am already old and not so beautiful for your decorations...

Yes, I am a pine tree and sorry but I am not your Christmas decoration. I have much more important responsibilities. I must release so much oxygen during the season that you and even your 9 friends can breathe deeply and calmly throughout the year. I am responsible not only for the release of the oxygen but also for its purification, not only in spring and summer but throughout the year, because I am special and evergreen. I can save you from many diseases. I can stop avalanches, floods and many other big or small disasters. I can create a better environment for your children that you can wish for in the New Year.

I need you more than you need me. Isn't it strange that you destroy nature with your own hands instead of protecting it?

I already know your New Year wish, now I will tell you about mine. I have had this desire for many years: I want to take care of you. I want you to think of me as I think of you when I absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen instead. I want you to see all the bad results that my friend's Christmas tree brings to you and your friends.