Sign of the Apocalypse

“Well, we finally broke down and bought an artificial Christmas tree this year to save me from the various allergens a real tree brings. No more itchy eyes, but no pine smell, either. :-(”

“I fought against the fake tree for years, finally I agreed to let the wife get one.


Man, I was a fool to fight it for so long...no more arguments trying to find the perfect tree, no more arguments over the price and best of all, no more allergies! Christmas is much nicer now...and the tree looks so real, most folks cant tell the difference.

I do miss the smell though......”

“Artificial trees are great, until you pull them out of storage in the garage or attic or wherever, and all the spiders and roaches who've made their homes in it come flooding out. They can also develop a fusty smell, and need to be taken outside and hosed down. But you have to guard while it dries, because a cat WILL find it and spray it for you so you have to start over again. Dogs like them, too.”

“What about spruce or fir?”

“LOL @ TomT”

“Hey there, Fire Ranger Twig!”

“Hey there troublemaker! you didn't answer my question on the other thread - how come your "on" on weekends now? working?

PS - it's still snowing, we should get 30"”

“LOL@treebait! Depending on what "SMELL" you're going for...(re: dog/cat/tree..) you can always buy those ornaments that you plug into your lights that give off the smell of a pine tree. Just a suggestion.

:-)”

“I'm always here on Sundays(Noon--->6PM).

I don't usually post from home.

Ain't that what "work" is for?”

“okay I can't take it anymore (j/k) LOL...a Christmas tree is fir or spruce NOT pine. totally different animals.
:)”

“And sorry you have allergies BowlderMan.”

“"....a Christmas tree is fir or spruce NOT pine. totally different animals.
:)"
twigeater
01:50:57 PM

Well, I have seen Scotch Pine sold as Xmas trees. 8^P”

“Really? Never heard of such a thing. Learn something new every day!
:)”

“Jack Pine........if yer lucky ;^O


Oh yeah, here in Baltimore we got 8" Thursday night and 6" Friday night.”

“bought my first fake christmas tree here in the states. I guess I got used to it. I still do miss the smell though.

I always pictured the whole family going to pick out the christmas tree. Of course there must be snow and christmas lights... oh well... times change...”

“My wife bought a fake PRELIGHTED tree last year. All I do is drag the damn thing up from the basement, get it in the stand and it's all up to her from there.”

“We have a potted Norfolk Island Pine for a Xmas tree.

Its on its second year.”

“Well, if you miss the pine smell, you can always hang one of those car air freshioners in the shape of a Christmas tree as one of the ornaments! Then you get no allergens and the smell!”

“That's classy!”

“LOL@stumprider!!!! Now THERE'S an excellent idea! SEE! There ARE lots of ways of capturing the smell of a real tree!

"okay I can't take it anymore (j/k) LOL...a Christmas tree is fir or spruce NOT pine. totally different animals.
:)"

It may not be a pine, but it's that fresh smell that everyone likes! Nonetheless, they ALL smell GOOD! And, there ARE ways of getting your fake tree to "smell" like a real one! :-)”

“THe smell spruces thing up!”

“Sounds like Tom's pining for a real tree!”

“you're absolutely right trekkinalong, any one of those trees smell wonderful!
o(=D

I didn't have a tree for years real or fake. The last coupla years my grandkids have dug out this little fake thing I have that's about 2ft tall and decorate that for me. They think I have to have a tree, LOL.”

“And just how old are those little demons?”

“They will be 5 and 3 in February and January. I have a picture of the tree, but it's not on weshots yet. The demons are though, LOL.”

“Fake tree never!

We usually get about a 10-foot spruce or fir. We have a place close by where we go and cut it down fresh. The guy does it as a side job and he doesn’t advertise, so it’s the same few people coming back every year. 20 bucks for a beautiful 10-foot fresh cut tree, you can’t complain about that.”

“I get one of those Charlie Brown looking live trees, and then plant it in the spring.”

“No more itchy eyes, but no pine smell, either. :-("

Hang a pine smelling air freshener in the back. No one will know it's fake.”

“Yes, my wife is usually in charge of smell issues around the house - I will delegate that task to her....”

“I thought they'd have an aerosol by now... That New Tree Smell.

We did have Scotch Pines when I was a kid. It seems like they were bushier than the Spruces or Firs today. It was a b!tch finding one witha straight trunk, tho'...”

“It's funny I get yelled at every year for putting some of the shorter branches down near the bottom of the fake tree. I like making a few bare spots; it makes the thing look a little more real.”

“We bought our first artificial tree a few years ago, at an after-Christmas sale at a decorating place. The thing is HUGE. Like 6 feet across at the base. When we moved into our current abode, it was too big for the living room, so my wife bought a smaller one and that's the one we use now. So I have two artificial trees.

A couple of days ago, my wife said something about the school needing a Christmas tree for a function, and that she'd like to lend them ours, but then we wouldn't have the tree up until nearly Christmas. I said "Dear, you could lend them the other one, you know, the HUGE one?" She looked at me and said, "Oh yeah, I forgot we had that one!"

When I was a kid, we'd just tromp into the vacant lot next to our house, find a likely cedar, saw it down and bring it back to the house. Always loved the smell of that cedar...”

“Whew! Just spent almost two hours puttin' the lights on that sucker! But nary a sniffle or an itch on the eyes - pure heaven!!

We listened to the Chipmunks Christmas album - good tree trimming music....”

“"Death to the unbelievers!"

(this message brought to you by Armageddon Advertising)”

“Two birds with 1 stone

Wash the accumulated mould, bugs, etc that the fake tree has picked up during its 11 months in the musty basement



with PINE SOL

Yaaay,


I would have a little trouble with a 10ft tree,

8 ft ceilings LOL”

“OK, you be the judge: does it look fake?

Our tree

Same angle, taken without flash

Cool artsy photo of our tree”

“The tree looks great, but the damn Nutcrackers have got to go...”

“Like the artsy shot the best.

The only thing about fake trees is that they are perfectly uniform, which I really like. Plus they don't shed - especially when you take every thing down after the carnage has ended. Another plus.”

“We have an artificial tree that sheds...lol... Not a very good one, eh?”

“Just my $.02, but I think it's the imperfections in a real tree that gives it its beauty and character. Look at mountains for instance; it’s the ones with the scared slopes that are more memorable.

Wow I think I just made this thread backpacking related.”

“You can make a fake tree look pretty imperfect.....trust me.”

“Sorry, folks, but a fake tree is that way we go. We tried to get a real one......they cost too much per year. Around my area, they can be up to 35.00 fer a good tree. We did the tree farm thing, that was a mess. My inlaws gave us there new fake one and we put it up.......looks great! Now the wifie poo can enjoy Christmas without the Holiday allergies. We burn pine scented candels to get that smell in the air. It think it safer too! If ya leave the tree n a window, it can dry out real fast, even if ya water it everyday.”

“A good tree for 35 bucks?! Geez, a good one will run you at least 60-80 bucks around here! In fact, that made it a little easier to justify getting a fake one.

What's wrong with the nutcrackers, bit?! Next thing you know, you'll be grousing about all the Radko ornaments. At least I didn't show the Longaberger snowman-shaped basket holder in the shot....”

“You too, have fallen victim to "Christmas Around The World", I see....”

“Ya know, sometimes it's just better to go with the flow....”

“The live Christmas trees that are available around here come from Christmas tree farms in North Carolina. We drive by them on our way back and forth to bping trips in NC, TN, and Virginia. Our tree is like a little backpacking trip in our living room.


There you go. Now this is officially a backpacking thread. Please go on about your business.”

“In Shasta County....

When I was with SAR, we had a search for missing Christmas tree hunters almost every year...usually they were stuck in the snow.”

“Q, and all you northerners, a good christmas tree down here costs $75 to $150 for a tree brought in from Tn. or NC. I'm not kidding.”

“I forgot that last year my mom put up a birch tree - who knows what she'll do this year. So I guess pine and cedar ain't so strange after all! Never thought of cedar though, I bet that'd be nice.

o(=D”

“It smells wonderful. I sorta miss it, but at least I don't have to worry about it burning down the house.”