Christmas Tree

[theletch1]

We've had an artificial one the last few years. I used to go to a relatives tree farm and we would pick one out and cut it down and shove it partially into the trunk and tie it down, bring it and whatever critters were hibernating in it into the house etc etc etc.

Speaking of live trees, my funniest Christmas tree moment ever was many years ago when I was young and at home with my parents. We picked out a tree out in the woods and dragged it back. Mom warned us that the tree was too big, but we wanted a big tree. The tree was HUGE! It was kind of tall, but it was really big around. Fortunately, we had a sliding glass door, because we wouldn't have gotten it into the house through a normal doorway. We fixed the tree stand to it before standing it up and when we stood it up it banged into the ceiling. Oops. It was such a pain trying to get it into the house that we didn't want to drag it out to trim off some of the trunk to shorten it. We popped the tree stand back off and my Dad comes into the house with his chainsaw!!!! LOL! Anyway, he proceeds to use the chainsaw in the house to trim the trunk. The chainsaw is roaring, wood chips are flying everywhere, and the sweet smell of burning gas and oil float through the house. Then to top it off the smoke dectors start going off creating a cacophony of sounds that were more 70s horror film than Christmastime. It was just a quick lop off some trunk, because once the trunk was cut, he had to cut off some lower branches so that the stand could be used and presents would fit underneath. So the action went on for several minutes. I don't think I'll ever forget that.

My dad did the same thing many moons ago! We were finding wood chips in the oddest places for the entire next year. We didn't have smoke detectors to add to the "music" back then but we did have the family dog going crazy over the noise and my mother yelling at the top of her lungs that my father had lost his mind...he didn't tell her what he was going to do beforehand so the only warning she got was a couple of warning pulls on the starter cord!
We had a real tree again this year. Our cat sleeps under the tree on the tree skirt but never gets into it or bothers the ornaments. Our dog just looks at it but stays out from underneath it so there's no critter problems.

 

[fnorfurfoot]

We had gone with real for ever since we got married but last year we invested in an artificial tree because I was tired of cleaning up after the real tree comes down.

The tree we got has fooled a couple of people though. It's made by GE and they call it a "fresh cut" artificial. It's pre-lit which is awesome and the body is made up of that fake tree "pipe cleaner" material but the ends of the branches are a molded plastic that makes it look like a real tree. It's fooled a couple of people who come over until they get up close to it. Taking the tree down is a snap as well. Instead of having to bend the wire branches, you just turn the sections upside down and the branches collapse in on themselves. It's great.

 

[Drac]

The tree we got has fooled a couple of people though.

Sounds like the one we got..Not made by GE but it looks very real...Ya gotta assemble it but its easy..................

 

[Xue Sheng]

We have a REAL tree that has taken up residence in OUR house and I don't like it one bit.:rpo:

After New Years.... it’s in for a beating :mst: NEVER trust a tree

 

[Drac]

We have a REAL tree that has taken up residence in OUR house and I don't like it one bit.:rpo:

After New Years.... it’s in for a beating :mst: NEVER trust a tree

What happens if HE decides he's not leaving???

 

[crushing]

We have a REAL tree that has taken up residence in OUR house and I don't like it one bit.:rpo:

After New Years.... it’s in for a beating :mst: NEVER trust a tree

Its bark is worse than its bite!

 

[Xue Sheng]

What happens if HE decides he's not leaving???

I call my sanda Sifu :EG:

Its bark is worse than its bite!

They BITE!!!! :jaw-dropping:

 

[Drac]

They BITE!!!! :jaw-dropping:

Ya never head of Dogwood trees????

 

[Xue Sheng]

Ya never head of Dogwood trees????

Yea but...... :anic:

No difference a tree is a tree and I do not want to offend the Shaolin temple or my family so.....:mst:

 

[Drac]

Yea but...... :anic:

No difference a tree is a tree and I do not want to offend the Shaolin temple or my family so.....:mst:

PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!