So basically, I'm an idiot who should have got a fake tree.
So this whole Christmas tree thing? SO much more complicated than it needs to be. My own fault, of course.
I'm pretty sure the tree I got was meant to be put into the ground and not into a stand in my living room. It came with the trunk buried in dirt and wrapped in this burlap stuff. I thought, at the store, 'fine, it's buried in dirt so they can water it before it gets sold. I'll just take it out of the dirt when I get home and set it up. This is the supermarket, they wouldn't make it that complicated.'
Uh, yes, they would. The roots and everything? Definitely still on the tree. I had to buy a saw and chop them all off, and am now trying to taper the end so it'll sit in the stand without looking like the leaning tree of Pisa or something. And my lower back and arms are sore. If I'd wanted to pluck an evergreen out of the ground and deal with it from scratch, I could have done so without spending $45. My parents have some teeny ones at their house I think.
*whines* See, if I had my own Neville, this wouldn't be a problem.
At least my whole house smells like pine now. Come to that, so do I.
Oh well, at least I'll know for next year, and get one that's actually pre-cut.
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Don't laugh; it's not funny. XP
I'm pretty sure the tree I got was meant to be put into the ground and not into a stand in my living room. It came with the trunk buried in dirt and wrapped in this burlap stuff. I thought, at the store, 'fine, it's buried in dirt so they can water it before it gets sold. I'll just take it out of the dirt when I get home and set it up. This is the supermarket, they wouldn't make it that complicated.'
Uh, yes, they would. The roots and everything? Definitely still on the tree. I had to buy a saw and chop them all off, and am now trying to taper the end so it'll sit in the stand without looking like the leaning tree of Pisa or something. And my lower back and arms are sore. If I'd wanted to pluck an evergreen out of the ground and deal with it from scratch, I could have done so without spending $45. My parents have some teeny ones at their house I think.
*whines* See, if I had my own Neville, this wouldn't be a problem.
At least my whole house smells like pine now. Come to that, so do I.
Oh well, at least I'll know for next year, and get one that's actually pre-cut.
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Don't laugh; it's not funny. XP