Comments on: Aaaugh! Christmas Tree!!!

By: Nanner

Nanner — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 05:01:14 +0000

So maybe stop making fake trees out of PVC?!

By: Sampo

Sampo — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:20:36 +0000

My father always insisted on purchasing live root-ball trees for Christmas and then having them planted in the yard. (30 years later he could not understand why the house was surrounded by a pine forest.) So I’m on the live side of this debate.

Sure you get needles on the carpet, and sure rasslin’ the thing into place is a chore, but if you’re in the Christmas mood it can be a fun chore, even the part where all your family members keep saying “It’s crooked!” “It’s STILL crooked!”

Plus the whole house fills with that great pine tree smell, which if the house has been shut up for a couple of months is usually a good thing, believe me. At least in my house. Phew!

But I’m a little confused about this “chain-sawing a live evergreen” you were doing. Why not just go down to the firehouse and by one from the Boy Scouts like everybody else does? Or are you and Jane the reason the state transportation department has to spray the evergreens by the highway with skunk juice?

By: Onil

Onil — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:53:51 +0000

You will continue to use your Christmas tree from Communist China?! You, sir, are now on the front lines of The War Against Christmas. I have taken the liberty of forwarding this blog entry to Bill O’Reilly and his people. Expect to hear from them shortly.

By: QuackersnCheese

QuackersnCheese — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:03:28 +0000

Holy flaming cheese I mean tree’s Batman… get the fire extinguisher … no get the camera!!!!

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:22:56 +0000

Kevin, just have everyone who enters your home from now on dip themselves into an industrial vat of moisturizer. The house and furniture will be somewhat greasier, but it can keep the skin-sloughing to a minimum.

Just don’t step into a stray puddle of shea butter, slip uncontrollably, and land violently against the corner of the coffee table.

By: Peter C.

Peter C. — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:08:57 +0000

I’m all for the fake tress, but my wife likes real ones. So naturally, we’re a real tree family. I especially enjoy the pokey, sappy, high stress job of getting it in the house and straight up in the stand.

And I work for Aveda, so thanks for the plug.