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.
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.
Ratkin Premium Member 9 months ago
Our artificial tree really doesn’t smell. The real ones in the Kiwanis lot now cost $185.
maureenmck Premium Member 9 months ago
To each his own.
lavender headgear 9 months ago
We had an artificial tree. Putting the tree together was a cherished annual tradition.
SNVBD 9 months ago
i prefer an articial tree
win.45mag 9 months ago
With just a HINT of 34 other various cancer causing chemicals. Smells like coming home.
SharkNose 9 months ago
For my artificial tree, I put a “Glade” pine scented plug-in at the end of the string of lights.
F-Flash 9 months ago
Oh artificial tree, your leaves are so unchanging.
strandedonearth Premium Member 9 months ago
And I love the smell of napalm in the morning…
NeedaChuckle Premium Member 9 months ago
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.
Spiny Norman Premium Member 9 months ago
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.
MailbuEd 9 months ago
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.
mistercatworks 9 months ago
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.
Frank Burns Eats Worms 9 months ago
EB likes trees made in an ol’ factory.
Impkins Premium Member 9 months ago
They better ask Fleshy what his preference is. :)
Csaw Backnforth 9 months ago
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.
Richard S Russell Premium Member 9 months ago
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.
yangeldf 9 months ago
as an action figure collector I have to agree with EB about that smell
PlatudimusAtom Premium Member 9 months ago
NOTHING, absolutely NOTHING smells better than fresh baked bread (any kind) coming out of the oven!
Sisyphos 9 months ago
To each his own. I’m in the Human camp, but I can understand E.B.’s preference….