New Christmas Tree....cool?

Here goes on the trivial blogging!

So Denise has been bugging me for years to get an artificial Christmas tree. Yes the same Denise that has to cut a tree every year....because that's how "they" always have done it. Since moving to Missouri...I got closer each year to giving in on the real tree thing. This was due to the fact that Evergreens do not grow well in Missouri. Yes, they have tree farms...but when you have to spray paint the trees green....or pick out the best of the worst each year...it kinda sucks the spirit out of you. The other issue is that we have always had BIG trees. Even back in Colchester CY we cut 10-14 foot trees each year.

So last year Denise "gets" me to buy her the 12 foot fake. Of course it's after xmas so we can get a deal. It still cost a boatload of dollars....so much that I am embarrassed to tell people. It sat in the basement in three boxes until a couple of weeks ago.

A few things about these monsters...
They are heavy
They take an inordinate amount of time to set up....5-6 hours
You cannot lean the ladder into them to get to the top as you could with real trees....the branches are as flexible.
this leads to a very uncomfortable leaning experience

Now the good things:
They are Prelit......this will only be cool until those crappy little lights go out.....as they always do.
It looks real.....really

So our new fake tree is in place...honestly? it looks great. So does the real tree we had to go cut for the other room.....because as you can guess....we have to cut a tree still!!