Wasch_24
2005 BoY
Yeah, it was a pain in the arse getting all the smashed "branches" to "stand-up" and look right.
Christmas Trees
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ATCDub
Lowly Civil Servant
Hell yeah there tough. Imagine having bed head for 11 months. You, me, or a real tree would just get a trim to clean things up. Now if you're bald and you have a hairpiece, you can't go in for a trim. You have to make it work, now you see the delima. Fake trees have to get styled every year and No Todd it won't be any easier next year. In fact next year you will also have to replace burnt bulbs.
Oh and Tom the cat eats whatever it can find in the kitchen.
:rolling:
I prefer real trees, of course. But I never liked getting them from lots. Those things don't even look like real trees, they're so bloody perfect. And way too expensive, at a time when there are not only Christmas gifts to buy, but 3/4 of the family have birthdays, too... not to mention charity. And extra cigars. And booze.
I always preferred to cut my own. That's the real Christmas tradition. Thermoses of coffee and cocoa, snacks, and the family drive into the woods looking for the perfect tree. But now you have to buy a permit. Only $5, no big deal. BUT the only place you can cut them (in Washington State, the Evergreen State, mind you, where we are literally surrounded by evergreen trees) is the Gilford Pinchot National Forest. We're talking like a 200 mile drive and snow chains required.
So, it's fake. But not pre-lighted. Can't take all the fun out of it..
I always preferred to cut my own. That's the real Christmas tradition. Thermoses of coffee and cocoa, snacks, and the family drive into the woods looking for the perfect tree. But now you have to buy a permit. Only $5, no big deal. BUT the only place you can cut them (in Washington State, the Evergreen State, mind you, where we are literally surrounded by evergreen trees) is the Gilford Pinchot National Forest. We're talking like a 200 mile drive and snow chains required.
So, it's fake. But not pre-lighted. Can't take all the fun out of it..
djs134
BoM May '06
Canaan Fir. Wife and I go to one of the local tree farms, pick it out, cut it down, take it home and put it up.
Nothing says Peace on Earth, Good Will Toward Man like going out into nature, chopping a tree down and sticking it in your living room! :rofl:
Nothing says Peace on Earth, Good Will Toward Man like going out into nature, chopping a tree down and sticking it in your living room! :rofl:
My gf and I normally get a small tree for christmas, but this year we are going to do without.
A month ago we adopted two kittens, and they are a bit on the "crack addict" side of feline behavior. It's hard enough being a kitten, but being a kitten in the same house as a Christmas tree would guarantee that the kittens would end up soaked to the bone every day, and the tree would be in tatters.
Don't get me wrong. I kind of like shooting kittens with water from a spray bottle, but after a while, it becomes more about the fun and less and less about discipline. And if you go too far down that route, you turn into a bad cat dad.
So, this year we are probably going to put up a representation of a tree in the window made out of lights that will be taped to the front window, and if we want the "tree smell" in the house, I'll take a small bowl and fill it with Pine Sol.
A month ago we adopted two kittens, and they are a bit on the "crack addict" side of feline behavior. It's hard enough being a kitten, but being a kitten in the same house as a Christmas tree would guarantee that the kittens would end up soaked to the bone every day, and the tree would be in tatters.
Don't get me wrong. I kind of like shooting kittens with water from a spray bottle, but after a while, it becomes more about the fun and less and less about discipline. And if you go too far down that route, you turn into a bad cat dad.
So, this year we are probably going to put up a representation of a tree in the window made out of lights that will be taped to the front window, and if we want the "tree smell" in the house, I'll take a small bowl and fill it with Pine Sol.
I can't believe all the fake votes! I simply can't buy a fake tree. Blasphemy, I SAY!
Of course I only buy a tree once every 3-4 years because I only buy one when I'm having Christmas at my house. Since I usually am at the folks, I don't bother.
Of course I only buy a tree once every 3-4 years because I only buy one when I'm having Christmas at my house. Since I usually am at the folks, I don't bother.
indyrob
BoM Feb '06 & Sept. '08
I spent the first 30 Xmas with a real tree. As soon as I moved to Indiana I went for the fake tree in the box. I'm sold on it, even though I thought I never would be.
Wasch_24
2005 BoY
:rofl:
i've always went for the fake! the last one i got has the lights already built in. saves a tremendous amount of time and hassle and cleanup and fire hazard,,, though i do miss the smell of the real tree.
interestingly, two former wives had to have a real tree and my long-term, non live-in gfriend has to have the real tree as well. maybe it's a male/female thing??
interestingly, two former wives had to have a real tree and my long-term, non live-in gfriend has to have the real tree as well. maybe it's a male/female thing??
jrohrer
BoM Jan '07
went with the noble fir this year...supposed to have the best needle retnetion
what I'm shocked about is the ZERO votes for Jewish...really...NOONES jewish here!!!!
My mother is Jewish and my father is Catholic...so I always did both, and such, we have a real tree and a menorah on the fire place as well!
wow...I feel odd!
what I'm shocked about is the ZERO votes for Jewish...really...NOONES jewish here!!!!
My mother is Jewish and my father is Catholic...so I always did both, and such, we have a real tree and a menorah on the fire place as well!
wow...I feel odd!