The Christmas Tree...

First, they chose me among many. Then they took me home with great excitement. They adorned me with glitter and baubles. They lay many gifts at my feet.
Christmas! such a magical time. Merry people, mulled wine and songs. I stood tall, much admired in a corner of their living room. Children played around me with delighted shrieks.
Alas, too soon came January, bane of my kind.
On a rainy morning, they stripped me bare and threw me onto the garbage heap without a second thought.
Every year, millions of my brethren suffer the same fate all over the world.