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

A family friend bought a tree last weekend, decorated it, and it turned completely brown the next day. They returned it.
 
They hit the base and cracked it when they installed it and it leaked all over our living room last night.


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cuffdc said:
You had someone *install* your Christmas tree?
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A friend of mine is a florist and does jobs like that all the time, I helped him out with one today, packed up two vans at 7:30 am and went 40 minutes north of Chicago to a huge, gaudy mansion in Lake Forest and spent the day installing an 8 foot tree and a 15 foot tree. If you've never put up a 15 foot tree you can't even imagine how hard it is. Then we ran 2,600 lights, decorated both trees, put up some wreaths and garland and then got in the van and headed back home. My everything hurts right now.
 
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Kelly said:
Also, Artificial trees ROCK. :embarrassed:
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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?"
 
cuffdc said:
You had someone *install* your Christmas tree?
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no, but they did put the base on at the Christmas tree lot.

Help!I'maRock! said:
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?"
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lol
 
Um... The wooden base at the lot is supposed to be temporary... You knock it off at home and put the tree in the tree stand, and add water... What, are you Jewish, or something?! :wink:
 
paulskirocks said:
Um... The wooden base at the lot is supposed to be temporary... You knock it off at home and put the tree in the tree stand, and add water... What, are you Jewish, or something?! :wink:
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our lot has stands made of ABS and rebar painted green. No wood.

And, while I am jewish I'm as jewish as I'm christian. It's a family holiday for us.
 
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