Christmas Tree XXL
2008 December 4
So a couple weeks ago Katie comes to me with her wish to purchase a Christmas tree. Call me a grinch, but I’m not too fond of them – they take up space, they cost money, the real ones shed needles everywhere, the fake ones are non-biodegradable, etc., etc. After a couple weeks of nagging I finally caved in, but only if it was artificial because I don’t like vaccuuming needles every 6 hours. Plus, the cost of the artificial tree can effectively be depreciated over years, if not decades, whereas the real tree lasts 1 month.
Now, we live in a small one bedroom apartment so I’m thinking we get one of those little tabletop jobbies – it looks nice but doesn’t take up much space. Katie has something else in mind. We get to Costco and she pulls out the 7.5 ft supertree. I couldn’t even remember if our ceilings are 7.5 ft tall. I fought against it, but lost. The thing barely fit in the back seat of Katie’s Camry, and then only with some significant cajoling.
We now have in our 1 bedroom apartment (with no storage) a 7.5 ft Christmas tree and a giant empty Christmas tree box. At least in January we’ll be able to combine the two and only have the giant box.
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