From the time I was a kid I always thought it would be better to just get a transplanted tree from the Christmas tree farm and plant it in front of the house, and light it once a year. I’ve been a homeowner of one kind or another for 16 years but haven’t done that – yet. The only saving grace to the disposed-of trees was that we would stick them in a snowbank in the back yard driveway, and use them as bird feeders by putting bread crusts in them.
By the way, this *IS* the time of year to get even with somebody by taking out an ad, or posting a flyer on a supermarket bulletin board, saying “Will Pay Good Prices for Used Christams Trees!” : ^ ]
Look, if you can think of a better way of bringing the sympathetic magic of evergreens into the house in order to bring about the coming of spring, I’d like to hear it.
I love Christmas trees. Unfortunately most people I know these days have fake trees. Dull.
It’s that wonderful pine tree smell that fills up the whole house that I miss. And they grow most trees they sell on tree farms so I am not bothered by the idea of them chopping them down. That’s why they grow them.
Tree farms remove carbon from the atmosphere, mulch helps plants. Manufactured Xmas trees do neither – and add carbon to the planet, and produce more plastic and material waste.
Looks like we’ve gone from ‘spread the joy’ to ‘spread the guilt’! The old Christmas trees are usually recycled into mulch and can be used to build sand dunes to protect the coast. I’m not anti-plastic trees. I just think there’s enough plastic surrounding Christmas without inviting more of it into my home. To come clean on this issue, I have a tall house plant that I string up with lights and ornaments. Works for me!
When we got my house, I said, “Time to get a REAL tree!” That’s when we discovered my wife was allergic. We brought it to the house by stuffing it *in* the minivan, so we had to thoroughly air that out as well as the house. Oh, well.
o/~ I will survive… o/~
Oh, man. Talk about slappin’ a guy upside the head. :-)
From the time I was a kid I always thought it would be better to just get a transplanted tree from the Christmas tree farm and plant it in front of the house, and light it once a year. I’ve been a homeowner of one kind or another for 16 years but haven’t done that – yet. The only saving grace to the disposed-of trees was that we would stick them in a snowbank in the back yard driveway, and use them as bird feeders by putting bread crusts in them.
I guess I’m too logical…..
By the way, this *IS* the time of year to get even with somebody by taking out an ad, or posting a flyer on a supermarket bulletin board, saying “Will Pay Good Prices for Used Christams Trees!” : ^ ]
@ Tom..
Oohh! Nasty and delicious prank!!
Look, if you can think of a better way of bringing the sympathetic magic of evergreens into the house in order to bring about the coming of spring, I’d like to hear it.
I love Christmas trees. Unfortunately most people I know these days have fake trees. Dull.
It’s that wonderful pine tree smell that fills up the whole house that I miss. And they grow most trees they sell on tree farms so I am not bothered by the idea of them chopping them down. That’s why they grow them.
Tree farms remove carbon from the atmosphere, mulch helps plants. Manufactured Xmas trees do neither – and add carbon to the planet, and produce more plastic and material waste.
Looks like we’ve gone from ‘spread the joy’ to ‘spread the guilt’! The old Christmas trees are usually recycled into mulch and can be used to build sand dunes to protect the coast. I’m not anti-plastic trees. I just think there’s enough plastic surrounding Christmas without inviting more of it into my home. To come clean on this issue, I have a tall house plant that I string up with lights and ornaments. Works for me!
Now THAT’S some funny stuff!
When we got my house, I said, “Time to get a REAL tree!” That’s when we discovered my wife was allergic. We brought it to the house by stuffing it *in* the minivan, so we had to thoroughly air that out as well as the house. Oh, well.