Saturday we trekked down the freeway to HOME DEPOT to get our Christmas Tree! How festive! Actually, it was quite a pleasant experience...the prices can't be beat, they saw off the bottom for you and wrap it in netting for the drive. I hassled my parents a few years ago when they finally bought a fake tree (after 30+ years of dutifully putting up a real tree), but once we got married and put up a few trees of our own, I saw the brilliance in artificial, already lit, just bend the branches a little, store it in the garage, Christmas trees. But I supposed Andy and I have a few more years of real trees left in us...you can't beat the smell. Lauren was so excited to go pick out a tree (we were suppposed to do it on Friday night, but the rains forced us to cancel our plans, which led to lots and lots of whining...). Kate had fun just pushing a stick around! We got it tied to the top of the van, made our way very slowly in the slow lane back to Pasadena, and now it's all lit up and semi-decorated in our family room...I'll have to post some pictures as I take them...
4 comments:
Ahh, I love it! Gotta love Home Depot! Aaron talked me into a "faker" last year (It was practically do that or get a divorce-hee hee) but our compromise has been to get a small 3-footer for our stair landing. I too, LOVE the smell of pine and our 3-footer doesn't produce much of it. Ah well. But your tree looks HUGE and so pretty! Such cute pics, of course!
I hate to admit it but we have already gone to the dark side...we have an artificial tree. We did the real one for a few years, but couldn't pass up on the Costco pre-lit. I will say however that I find the fake ones almost as big a hassle as the real ones. Trying to get that thing in and out of the box is quite the chore. Now add being 6 months pregnant to the mix, and you have yourself quite a sight!!!
I agree with everything you said. We have a few years of real trees left in us too. But I know I'll want a fake one soon...esp those pre-lit ones!
Horray for Christmas. We don't do Christmas until we head home so we don't have an extra Christmas box to store all year that is only used a couple of weeks. So I am anxious to see, smell and taste more real Christmas - like a REAL tree! Have fun decorating.
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