For many years, I recall living in California and paying between $50-75 for a Christmas tree each year.
Now, living in Oregon, we pay a permit fee of $5 and have pretty much any tree in the forest to choose from.
I have to say...$5 trees are entertaining to say the least. One year, the tree was so tall that the top 3 feet laid on my ceiling when we stood it up...and I have an 18 foot ceiling! No problem, to my horror... DH just brought his chain saw into the house and whacked the top of the tree off! (Egads)Picture a tree that looks like it just goes into the ceiling because the top is missing. And 18 feet....when DH tried to help me hang the top ornaments, he just pulled the branches down, hooked the ornaments and let go....my poor ornaments were literally 'launched' into space!!!
Then there was the year we found the perfect tree...DH cut it down and when it fell, every branch broke on the side that hit the snow...
Or the first year that DH put the tree on the top of the car backwards...and by the time we got home most of the pine needles had been blown and beaten off...
But NOTHING beats my good friend Debby's tree last year.
They went to the snow and played all day and found a wonderful tree...then, tied it on top of the rig and headed home. It got dark and Debby heard a swoosh sound...so they pulled over....Yep, the tree had blown off their rig and was back down the Hwy...so her DH started jogging back to get it, when all of a sudden it got ran over by a big-rig! It was drug a few feet and then rolled to the side of the road.
Because it was dark, they couldnt really see the damage...but Deb said they could see branches that had fallen off their tree from the truck all the way back to the turnoff.
When they finally got the tree in the house, the poor thing looked worse than Charlie Browns christmas tree!! It had major holes and missing branches...but they put it up anyway.
It was sure a conversation starter for their visitors!!
I have so many humorous stories about our trees, I could write a book.
Tomorrow, we go get our tree...I wonder what this year will bring. * she says bravely with a certain dread in her voice*
to be continued....
$5 Christmas Tree Humor
December 9th, 2006 at 02:01 am
December 9th, 2006 at 03:18 am 1165634306
Keep us posted!
December 9th, 2006 at 11:03 am 1165662204
Now we have a 9 foot artificial tree. It cost us about $200 at Walmart a few years ago but has almost paid for itself. If we have a real tree DS#3 has runny eyes and sneezes the whole time it's in the house. So we decided that it was worth the money to get a fake one that looks real.
December 9th, 2006 at 03:57 pm 1165679820
December 9th, 2006 at 07:48 pm 1165693680