I starved my Christmas tree of water, so fir surgery was called for to save the holiday.I'm writing you from the scene of Christmas tree surgery
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I'm mostly meh about Christmas, so I hear ya. Usually once we get the tree decorated, we ignore it (except for watering) until Christmas itself. But I'm glad we went that early this year, because the tree we picked ended up having two trunks and we had to do some kludging to get it into the tree stand securely. (Leaving one trunk wasn't an option; they were separate, but grown together to the point where each trunk had half the tree. We ended up tying them together with rope, and clamping wooden blocks at the base to make it secure.) And then our stand had a leak, so we had to buy another one and do the same thing again. Wouldn't have been able to do that if we'd waited until the weekend before, like some people I know.
A two trunked Christmas tree sounds awesome. Inconvenient, but awesome.
Personally, I'm sort of meh about Christmas (part of it comes from higher education where Thanksgiving didn't mean the start of the holidays, it meant the start of exam and paper season, so I was too worn out to do anything when they were done and part of it comes from the fact that bad stuff has a tendency of happening around the holidays) and even though I love decorations in theory and would love to have one year where I got every single Christmas thing we own out, in practice, it's exhausting and stressful (especially putting them away), so I only put stuff out if I feel like I'll have the chance to really enjoy it long enough to make it worth the effort, so the closer I get the the holidays, the less likely I am to decorate. So this year, we got an early start on decorating and got the outside entrance decorated, the tree up, and a few things out, and then we quit.
We usually get our tree the first weekend of December. (A) We want to enjoy it all month, and (B) the sooner we get it away from the tree lot*, where it is dying of dehydration, and into a nice water-filled tree stand, the better. We did so this year, and our tree is still nice and fresh.
*We used to go to a tree farm and cut our own, but the farm stopped selling trees in the size we wanted unless we wanted to buy pre-cut. And if we were going to buy a pre-cut tree, we'd rather pay half as much while supporting a good cause, a local volunteer fire department.
We just got ours five days ago because Mom wanted to go get it with us kids after we got home for the holiday. It's tradition that we get the tree together and we're doing that as long as possible.
My family's always gotten our tree the first week of December. And my roommates and I decided to get a tree this year too, and got it right after Thanksgiving. It was lovely to have through finals. I don't understand people who wait to get their tree - it's such a lovely and happy-making thing for me!
I put my tree up the day after Thanksgiving. But it's fake and I love looking at my ornaments. I just look at my tree and go "damn I have awesome taste." Since I avoid baubles and knick-knacks (try to) it allows me to indulge in having them without them cluttering the apartment. Two weeks is not enough time to indulge my narcissism re: my ability to get cool materialistic junk.
i agree fake is easier. not that i've ever had a tree of my own. this year, as our flat is too small for one, i nailed three fake tree garlands to the wall in the shape of a tree and then for the next week i got to admire my taste in decorations. not... in the same way as you. i'm proud of the fact that i have a garish taste with decorating. so coloured lights, fake-snowball baubles and silver tinsel all the way. also some traditional stuff too though. not bad, i thought. neither me nor my partner are Christians and didn't bother in previous years with festive decorations, but as i was having a house party in december it was a nice way to make the house look nicer. more colourful anyway.
Word. A d if you wait, they're dirt cheap. We got our about eight days ago - about 7.5 feet and FAT for $20. We're both working today and weren't going to bother this year, but my husband couldnt pass it up.
This. My family would always go and chop one down the Saturday after Thanksgiving - plenty of time to enjoy it, fill the place with the scent of tree, etc.
We've tended to get one two weeks prior, just because we need the time (closer to things get super busy with family and friends). This year I didn't get a tree, though, just a swag over the window. I figure I just took the ritual tree sacrifice one step further, into dismemberment.
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Personally, I'm sort of meh about Christmas (part of it comes from higher education where Thanksgiving didn't mean the start of the holidays, it meant the start of exam and paper season, so I was too worn out to do anything when they were done and part of it comes from the fact that bad stuff has a tendency of happening around the holidays) and even though I love decorations in theory and would love to have one year where I got every single Christmas thing we own out, in practice, it's exhausting and stressful (especially putting them away), so I only put stuff out if I feel like I'll have the chance to really enjoy it long enough to make it worth the effort, so the closer I get the the holidays, the less likely I am to decorate. So this year, we got an early start on decorating and got the outside entrance decorated, the tree up, and a few things out, and then we quit.
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*We used to go to a tree farm and cut our own, but the farm stopped selling trees in the size we wanted unless we wanted to buy pre-cut. And if we were going to buy a pre-cut tree, we'd rather pay half as much while supporting a good cause, a local volunteer fire department.
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