Our Christmas tree, our Christmas tree,
How lovely are your branches.
We put you up 10 days ago;
The LED lights provide a cool glow.
My Christmas tree, my Christmas tree,
Why did you have to die on me?
Your needles drop and branches crack,
The thought of fire, gives me a heart attack!
Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree,
Take off the ornaments and out with thee!
We really did take our tree down today. It was so very pretty, but had dried out so badly that we really were concerned. We have never had a tree dry out so completely, so quickly. This will be our first Christmas that we will celebrate in our home since we moved to Colorado. We must have a tree, and decided we didn't want to bring out the artificial tree. So, Mr. Dreamy and I went out to buy another tree. We dropped by the big box store where we bought our first tree, a Grand fir. I only took the one picture of the tree, and it really doesn't show how beautiful it was, and since this isn't a 'smell-a-blog' you can't even begin to imagine how lovely it smelled. As we walked in the garden area an employee commented that every tree was $5.00. With just a hint of sarcasm, I asked if that was because the trees would only stay green for 10 days. He looked at me a bit strangely, so I proceeded to tell him about the fate of our previous purchase. He apologized and agreed that the trees were not in the best of shape, even when they first arrived at the store. One of the customers commented that he had been looking at trees at other tree lots, and most seemed to be in rough shape. He heard that because the weather hadn't turned cold, trees had not gone into their 'winter mode' before being cut and for that reason they were not lasting as long. There were a lot of Grand fir trees, but they were also quite dry. We found a few nicely shaped small Fraser Firs and decided that having already purchased one tree, a smaller $5.00 tree would be just fine. As another employee cut the trunk and wrapped the tree, he heard about the fate of our other tree. He gave us the tree for free.
Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree,
I hope you last, I don't want three!
No room at the inn... er, on the tree.
I will have to pack up some extra ornaments tomorrow.
Have you experienced a tree disaster?
