Why does everyone object to an artificial tree? You only have to buy it once. You don’t have to go out in the cold and pick one out, pay megabucks and lug it home. You just have to have a little space in the attic for it (or the garage, whichever is more convenient) and set it up in your living room which is less trouble than getting a real tree.
One year the Late and Unlamented told me he was going to go out and cut down a tree. Standing in our yard, you could look 360 degrees and not see a spot of green, but he took his ax, hopped in the car, and drove off. Naturally he came back empty handed, and when the girls and I left for Midnight Mass, we still didn’t have a tree.
There was one in the living room when we got home. He’d gone to a lot and taken an unsold tree! He went to bed, and I was left to decorate it.
There’s two schools of thought on that sacrilege thing. 1) The Christmas purist that says the tree must be real. 2) Those that say “Why kill a tree every year”.
A family i know gets a real one every year. It is their special time together to pick it out, bring it home, set it up in its stand, decorate it with the topper being a top hat and admire it over hot chocolate.
stairsteppublishing almost 2 years ago
How sneaky of you. What’s so hard about vacuuming up a few needles. It is worth it for having a real tree.
scote1379 Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Happy Wife Happy Life !
Macushlalondra almost 2 years ago
Why does everyone object to an artificial tree? You only have to buy it once. You don’t have to go out in the cold and pick one out, pay megabucks and lug it home. You just have to have a little space in the attic for it (or the garage, whichever is more convenient) and set it up in your living room which is less trouble than getting a real tree.
Dani Rice almost 2 years ago
One year the Late and Unlamented told me he was going to go out and cut down a tree. Standing in our yard, you could look 360 degrees and not see a spot of green, but he took his ax, hopped in the car, and drove off. Naturally he came back empty handed, and when the girls and I left for Midnight Mass, we still didn’t have a tree.
There was one in the living room when we got home. He’d gone to a lot and taken an unsold tree! He went to bed, and I was left to decorate it.
And yes, he died a natural death.
Barnabus Blackoak almost 2 years ago
No, I TOOK the tree out to the curb.
goboboyd almost 2 years ago
New carpet. Every year. Buy cheap, buy often.
cuzinron47 almost 2 years ago
There’s two schools of thought on that sacrilege thing. 1) The Christmas purist that says the tree must be real. 2) Those that say “Why kill a tree every year”.
j.l.farmer almost 2 years ago
A family i know gets a real one every year. It is their special time together to pick it out, bring it home, set it up in its stand, decorate it with the topper being a top hat and admire it over hot chocolate.
heathcliff2 almost 2 years ago
Tsk, tsk, tsk. Shame, shame, shame. Requires a conscience to fight off temptation. She wanted to change the channel.