The #1 Rule of Choosing a Christmas Tree
The #1 rule of choosing a Christmas tree: always overestimate its size - because 99% of the time, it will be way bigger once you get it inside... (I have been burned by this before... like the year that Doug and I chose such a fat tree that there was no room under or around the tree for gifts and we ended up just piling them all in the middle of the floor in front of it).
This past weekend, my parents invited Dan and I to go Christmas tree shopping with them at the choose-and-cut place near their house. We all walked through the field, scoping out the trees we like best. Dan is a choose-and-cut virgin, probably accounting for his impending misjudgement.
Originally, the two of us were going to buy smaller trees since we both live in apartments with limited space, but then the tree farm guy told us that all trees were the same price regardless of size. Dan's excited comment: "Well then, I'm going to buy the biggest tree I can fit into my apartment!"
"Now this is a beautiful tree!" he said, showing his selection to my mom and I a few minutes later. "This is it."
We started laughing when we saw it: "Dan, that tree is HUGE."
"No, it'll be fine. My living room is big and it has 12 ft. ceilings. It'll fit."
Let's put it this way.... it's a good thing he had it baled before we put it up or we may not have been able to get it through the door. It is probably the biggest personal Christmas tree I have ever seen. We were laughing because he had to break out the ladder to put the lights on the top of the tree. It is gorgeous, though.
I'll try to post some pics sometime soon so you guys can enjoy this gigantic beauty, too.
This past weekend, my parents invited Dan and I to go Christmas tree shopping with them at the choose-and-cut place near their house. We all walked through the field, scoping out the trees we like best. Dan is a choose-and-cut virgin, probably accounting for his impending misjudgement.
Originally, the two of us were going to buy smaller trees since we both live in apartments with limited space, but then the tree farm guy told us that all trees were the same price regardless of size. Dan's excited comment: "Well then, I'm going to buy the biggest tree I can fit into my apartment!"
"Now this is a beautiful tree!" he said, showing his selection to my mom and I a few minutes later. "This is it."
We started laughing when we saw it: "Dan, that tree is HUGE."
"No, it'll be fine. My living room is big and it has 12 ft. ceilings. It'll fit."
Let's put it this way.... it's a good thing he had it baled before we put it up or we may not have been able to get it through the door. It is probably the biggest personal Christmas tree I have ever seen. We were laughing because he had to break out the ladder to put the lights on the top of the tree. It is gorgeous, though.
I'll try to post some pics sometime soon so you guys can enjoy this gigantic beauty, too.
posted by Kristina @ 9:45 AM
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