This is not a picture of a Christmas tree coming into my house

[reverend1]

You know, one of these...

That's the base I have. I think my grandparents bough it in the 60's. I installed it myself.

 

[paulskirocks]

That's the base I have. I think my grandparents bough it in the 60's. I installed it myself.

They have some fancy new-fangled ones, but I didn't want to confuse Mark... He's special...

 

[Kelly]

true story:

friend of mine just got remarried. he's got a 5 year old and this is their first Christmas together as a new family. his new wife brings the fake tree out of storage, lays out all the parts, and starts de-flattening them. kid asks what she's doing. she says she's fluffing the tree. my friend says, "yeah, she's a really good fluffer." kid repeats it for the next hour during which she gives my friend the evil eye. two hours later, she says "why did you tell him i was a good fluffer?!" he then utters the immortal line, "well did you want me to tell him you were bad at it?"

Dude, thank you! BEST story i've heard all day. Best laugh, too.

 

[cuffdc]

I used to sell trees for my son's school when we lived in DC. It was an awesome fundraiser because we sold to people who didn't have cars or at least cars that could haul trees and it was tough to get to places that sold them anyway...We did installs of trees for people because part of our deal was delivery. In Dupont Circle that goes a long way to selling a tree.