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Every year in November we put up a Christmas tree. We used to go and get a real tree but have since moved onto fake trees that can be assembled and dissembled in minutes. No pine needles everywhere, a smaller fire hazard, less hassle. Yeah, we’re missing the smell.
This year my wife surprised me by announcing the tree actually came with its own lights inside it, so no need to decorate it. A remote control allows one touch on/off switches for white lights, color or both.
Maybe in future years we’ll have a robotic tree which assembles and dissembles itself on cue. Would be cool to have one with programmable lights and marquee.
We usually take down the tree the first week in January after New Year’s. When do you put up and take down your tree each holiday season?
Didn’t the Jetsons have a programmable Christmas tree? Well, they should have, anyway. And a sexy version of Rosie the Robot to assemble and disassemble the tree, like a robot Brigitte Bardot. (Somehow, I think Jane Jetson would have had veto power over the voluptuousness of Rosie, if that were an option in the catalogue, so to speak.)
Comment by Vince Williams — November 12, 2006 @ 10:53 pm PST
Hi Vince - I didn’t watch the Jetsons very much, but that’s quite possible. I’ve seen it’s out on DVD, maybe we’ll pick it up and see.
Comment by TDavid — November 12, 2006 @ 11:29 pm PST
We don’t seem to have a set weekend or date, but we do manage to get the tree up after thanksgiving. Sometimes we manage to get all the deco down during the first few weeks of Jan, though there have been a few times I recall that we’ve waited until March lol.
For convenience I think I would like one of the trees with the built in lights. Sometimes I just dread spending hours unstringing and restringing the lights and totes full of deco. I’m having a birthday this week (officially half as old as dirt - 70), and it seems that time is moving faster and faster. Which is also kind of sad. It seems that cat is in the cradle.
Comment by ^Lestat — November 12, 2006 @ 11:56 pm PST
If you miss the tree smell, Glade sells a pine scented Plug-in.
Comment by orangecrush — November 13, 2006 @ 12:38 pm PST
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