Old Christmas Tree

[crazychicknlady]

Our old Christmas tree is sitting in it's stand in my backyard. After removing all the decorations and lights the other day, I moved it to the backyard planning to cut it up and burn it like last year.

C protested. He told me it was his tree and I should not cut it or burn it.

So our old Christmas tree is sitting in it's stand in my backyard.

I did draw the line at bringing that fire hazard back into the house ;-).

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Old Christmas Tree

[(Anonymous)]

Perhaps you have a "good bye" ceremony for it--and let C say good bye. Then celebrate by roasting marshmallows with the firewood? S--

[harmonyheifer.livejournal.com]

It is kind of sweet that he is so attached to it, and there are worse things to have in your backyard, right?

As much as I love the smell of a fresh tree and the ritual of picking the perfect one, the benefits of an artificial tree are many, and one of them is not having to worry about what to do with it. Besides, I'm old now, and my kid is grown so I don't have anyone to please but me. Kind of nice, but your posts make me nostalgic for those child-driven years when I was making choices not just for me. Every holiday was an adventure, and a family tradition could be something we had only done once. You are wise to have configured life so you can spend the time with your children now, and even though there are challenges to the mommy track, I'm guessing you'll never regret it. That said, raising children is hard work.

Maybe next year you could consider getting a live tree so you could plant it after the holidays?

real vs. artificail

[rocketsong.blogspot.com (from livejournal.com)]

I'm certain that if you polled the kids there would be unanimity regarding the virtue of the "real" tree.

Besides, you have to store an artificial tree. Have you seen our garage???

The problem with a live tree is twofold, 1) you need to find a tree that is suitable for AZ. (and not just AZ but the valley) 2) figure out where to plant it, as we've already got around a dozen trees.

Re: real vs. artificail

[crazychicknlady.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but if we've moved by next Christmas, maybe we'll have room for more trees. And if we actually make it to someplace where it snows, an evergreen might have a chance for survival.

Re: real vs. artificail

[crazychicknlady.livejournal.com]

Definitely no regrets for getting to spend so much time with the kiddos. Seems time goes too fast 'round these parts.