Monty by Jim Meddick for December 15, 2023

Our artificial tree really doesn’t smell. The real ones in the Kiwanis lot now cost $185.

To each his own.

We had an artificial tree. Putting the tree together was a cherished annual tradition.

i prefer an articial tree

With just a HINT of 34 other various cancer causing chemicals. Smells like coming home.

For my artificial tree, I put a “Glade” pine scented plug-in at the end of the string of lights.

Oh artificial tree, your leaves are so unchanging.

And I love the smell of napalm in the morning…

Yes, then there is the sap that oozes out and the hundreds of needles that fall to be picked up by your bare feet all the rest of the year.

There’s some vinyl that has a smell that alway reminds me of Christmas because so many of the toys I received had that smell.

Is it just me or does it seem E.B, has become a main character He/She/It used to show up every few months. It still amazes me no-one who comes into contact with E.B. shows the slightest concern or interest in the fact a robot is walking/wheeling itself along a beach or through the aisles of a supermarket.

Since I live alone, I forego the annual killing-of-a-tree ritual. I have no objection to people with families continuing the tradition. Artificial trees are pretty artificial but pretty … and affordable. I don’t put up one of those either. Christmas is still in my heart.

EB likes trees made in an ol’ factory.

They better ask Fleshy what his preference is. :)

When I was a kid, we would get a real tree from a local lot but I had a relative who had one of those aluminum trees and a light that rotated different colors shining onto it.

All across America, every year, people will search out an excellent specimen of an evergreen tree — symbol of eternal life — and proceed to murder it and drag its corpse back to their living rooms, where it will sit in a corner and slowly dessicate into a fire hazard (youtu.Be/wNBTE71iQmU). Then, after it’s become too pathetic to look at any more, they’ll drag its remains out to the curb, to be carted off to hasten the end of the useful life of the local landfill.

Here’s an alternative to this silvacide epidemic. Mark your calendar now for next spring, when you can head out to a local nursery and get a LIVE evergreen that you can plant in your front yard and have for years to come, enjoying its natural beauty year round while saving money, nurturing the environment, and still enjoying your holiday.

as an action figure collector I have to agree with EB about that smell

NOTHING, absolutely NOTHING smells better than fresh baked bread (any kind) coming out of the oven!

To each his own. I’m in the Human camp, but I can understand E.B.’s preference….