Speedball Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 I would really like to see a picture of that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted December 21, 2006 Author Share Posted December 21, 2006 We have a spot up in the mountains where we usually get our "official" Christmas tree. It's a fun day for us. It wouldn't feel like Christmas without tromping through the snow and hacking down a wild tree, but I also have a collection of five or six aluminum Christmas trees and we usually put one up somewhere in the house with the rotating color wheel spotlight. I think they're very cool. We're getting tons of company and I haven't have time to put up one of the "evergleams" this year - maybe this weekend. If the wife objects to a fake tree, there's always another solution. I tried that route, it ended pourly. She was perfect first few dates, she didn't speak much, good cook, but unlike Kim Cattral's character in the movie Manniquin, beneath that sexy out fit was plastic jumbles and it was much worse south of the equator. So in the end I took a hatchet and cut off her feet and placed her in a stand and hung garland, lights and decorations on her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Fake with no lights so I can sleep at night without any frite. That's as good as it gets. JJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunburnwilly Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Fir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunburnwilly Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Real Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuckster Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Flannj...................You play the role of Scrooge, but are really an old softy!!!!!!!! What's up with that comment? I Sir am Soft and Old, but what do you expect for 58 years old??? A Christmas tree on a poster would be perfect for me, but I have a wife, too, and they usually win at Christmas time. Although I overhead talk of a new lighted tree for next year..........................Great, closer to the poster all the time............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coytee Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Knowing how fast/hard a tree can light up on fire, I prefer a fake one (actually, I'd be happy with NO tree []) In deference to the wife however, we not only have a real tree but we walked out on the farm (where we live), she picked it out and I cut it down, dragged it back & slung it up. Now, I can hardly wait to take it down & flick my bick under it [A] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuckster Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Have you ever ignited a dry Christmas tree? If you ever saw how quick a dry tree burns, you'd think twice about a real tree...............but everyone has different needs for Christmas.............Do what you gotta' do..................I still like the Poster idea.............Santa Claus Boondoggle....I Like That....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmsummer Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Use one of these, and your tree won't dry out as quickly. I take my tree to have it mulched, so there's no land-fill issues (free mulch for me, or for the City's parks). I also don't put my tree up on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, but actually wait until it's almost Christmas. If it's a fresh cut tree, it stays fresh all through Christmas that way (til January 6th). If it's a Tree Lot tree, it still stays fresher going up a few days before Christmas as it hasn't been dried out by the typically low humidity of a house. But I have to check the water more often to make sure it doesn't dry out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Have you ever ignited a dry Christmas tree? If you ever saw how quick a dry tree burns, you'd think twice about a real tree...............but everyone has different needs for Christmas.............Do what you gotta' do..................I still like the Poster idea.............Santa Claus Boondoggle....I Like That....... Back in college a few of us freshmen miscreants lit the dorm tree on fire (after Christmas) on the concrete just below the steps of the building. The flames went as high as the three story building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 I would really like to see a picture of that one. i don't know how to post a picture (said embarassingly) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.4knee Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 real tree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuckster Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 Doesn't Matter........................MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meagain Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 I'd be real surprised if the trees go into a landfill. They certainly wouldn't do that around here - they get mulched and that mulch is reused and can be picked up for free for landscape use. Though how can they do that cuz I'm sure people leave bits of tinsel, etc. on them (tho' who uses tinsel anymore?). I've pondered this and I like the fact there are tree farms in Michigan, etc. Not sure the average age they are cut, but it has to be a few years at least and in that time, those trees can be used as habitat for birds, etc. Then new ones are started constantly. I'd rather have these farms then a potential alternative like crappy housing developments, warehouses/factory plants, etc. Just my theory. Correct if wrong. I have no tree this year. I have pretty green rope garland stuff on my mantle with tiny white lights in it. Works for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Matthews Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 Had real trees for many, many years. Then one day, around Jan 7th, I walked out to the street and saw like 100 trees at the curb. I sat down and rationally analyzed what that was all about, and what I was actually doing, and since that day - no trees shall be chopped in my name for that purpose. I try to stay pretty clear of the Santa Claus boondoggle. Think McDonald's and KFC, and you might become a vegetarian. Now, those are some real numbers - day, after day, after day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champagne taste beer budget Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 I see it's been a few days, but I've been away enjoying the holidays. See here, with our real tree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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