Twelfth Night
I think it should be obvious from the picture that our Christmas tree this year was not of the greatest quality. I’m surprised it made it to Twelfth Night. Despite supplying it with copious amounts of water, it dropped piles of needles at the slightest provocation. By the time we’d finished removing the decorations on Friday, it was more or less just bare branches. It was also the most deformed looking tree I’ve ever seen, like a larger and only slightly less sad-looking version of Charlie Brown’s Christmas tree.
Mind you, it was extremely cheap, so I suppose we got what we paid for, and I actually find hoovering up needles quite enjoyable. Still, it is quite nice to be able to open the dining room curtains without the accompanying patter of needles hitting carpet.
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Probably somewhere in the chain from being cut to being sold, the poor tree was mistreated. I recommend cutting the tree yourself, after asking the land owner. Make a diagonal cut at the bottom to ensure maximum water intake. Don't let it freeze. Water daily.
I don't think your problem could be attributed to global warming. Not yet.
/Christer
by Christer Nilsson @ 07/01/2007 2:09 pm • Permalink •
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Love the photo - made me laugh.
And yay for 12th night, and the entire loss of the festering season.
by Lyle @ 07/01/2007 6:37 pm • Permalink •
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Don't believe it..... I think it's your new design for the next batch of crop circles.
by Jonathan Briggs @ 07/01/2007 8:42 pm • Permalink •
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Jonathan's got it right: your tree was designed by aliens
by Martin @ 08/01/2007 3:00 am • Permalink •
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greetings and happy new year, bsag! i just saw this and thought you might find it really useful:
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by Saltation @ 08/01/2007 2:51 pm • Permalink •
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At first I thought that was an aerial photo of a denuded rain forest!
by Forest Pines @ 09/01/2007 8:22 am • Permalink •
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Christer Nilsson: I'm sure that's true. It looked as if it had been mistreated all along the chain, and on top of that, hadn't had a happy childhood
Unfortunately, there aren't many places around here where you can cut your own tree (or choose one to be cut).
Lyle:
I normally hate it when we take the decorations down, because everything looks so dull, but I was glad to get rid of the tree.
Martin and Jonathan: :-D Then they went back with lots of needles stuck in their alien feet...
Saltation: Cool! I hadn't seen that. I've tried it out and sent some feedback to the developers. Quite promising.
Forest Pines: ...on beige carpet?
by bsag @ 14/01/2007 8:11 pm • Permalink •
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