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woodwardiocom-I grew up in an Episcopalian household, with me and two siblings, in a house where the living room had a 10' ceiling.
-This made for a huge-@$$ Christmas tree.
-The tree is a big part of my mental furniture surrounding Xmas. It was over twice my height (until puberty), brightly colored (we used the big ol' lights, in every color), with an insane variety of ornaments from all sources. And, of course, it had presents underneath. (Also, a cat or two.)
-Since I've been on my own, I haven't had a tree. My practical side thought they were too much trouble, particularly when I always celebrated Xmas at my 'rents, not in whatever apartment I was living in at the time.
-This year, however, I got talked into it.
-I hit Home Depot today, since they have both real and artificial trees. I hadn't decided which kind to get until I did some pricing. A fake tree in the right size cost $X, a real tree cost a little less -- but the fake out came with a stand, and lights. Real tree + stand + lights = $X + $20 or so, plus maintenance. So I was pretty determined to get a fake one.
-However, HD didn't seem to have any in my size. They had dinky 2' fake trees, and 7' trees, and 9' trees, and nothing but bare shelf where the 4.5' trees should have been. So I poked around, and considered getting the bigger size, or getting a real one after all, until my hunting skills kicked in, and I noted an appropriately-sized box on a shelf 7' off the ground. Turns out they had one 4.5' tree left, way towards the back of an upper shelf (it was actually easier to spot from the next aisle). Called over orange-aproned assistance, who was a good six inches shorter than I. "Trust me, it's back there. Yah, that shelf. No it's about the fifth one back. There you go." She had to physically crawl off the portable stairs onto the shelf to reach it, but I got my tree.
-Also picked up glass balls, hangers, and tiny screw-in hooks. Called up my sweetie/![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
anotherjen, 'cause I knew she'd want to help me trim. Made ornaments out of an assortment of things I couldn't sell on eBay (e.g., action figures).
-Nothing glows quite like a Christmas tree. Feels good to have one again. Now I need to start wrapping prezzies...
(In other news, the new Battlestar Galactica miniseries didn't suck, and they actually made a couple really smart changes. It wasn't high art, but I was adequately engrossed.)
-This made for a huge-@$$ Christmas tree.
-The tree is a big part of my mental furniture surrounding Xmas. It was over twice my height (until puberty), brightly colored (we used the big ol' lights, in every color), with an insane variety of ornaments from all sources. And, of course, it had presents underneath. (Also, a cat or two.)
-Since I've been on my own, I haven't had a tree. My practical side thought they were too much trouble, particularly when I always celebrated Xmas at my 'rents, not in whatever apartment I was living in at the time.
-This year, however, I got talked into it.
-I hit Home Depot today, since they have both real and artificial trees. I hadn't decided which kind to get until I did some pricing. A fake tree in the right size cost $X, a real tree cost a little less -- but the fake out came with a stand, and lights. Real tree + stand + lights = $X + $20 or so, plus maintenance. So I was pretty determined to get a fake one.
-However, HD didn't seem to have any in my size. They had dinky 2' fake trees, and 7' trees, and 9' trees, and nothing but bare shelf where the 4.5' trees should have been. So I poked around, and considered getting the bigger size, or getting a real one after all, until my hunting skills kicked in, and I noted an appropriately-sized box on a shelf 7' off the ground. Turns out they had one 4.5' tree left, way towards the back of an upper shelf (it was actually easier to spot from the next aisle). Called over orange-aproned assistance, who was a good six inches shorter than I. "Trust me, it's back there. Yah, that shelf. No it's about the fifth one back. There you go." She had to physically crawl off the portable stairs onto the shelf to reach it, but I got my tree.
-Also picked up glass balls, hangers, and tiny screw-in hooks. Called up my sweetie/
anotherjen, 'cause I knew she'd want to help me trim. Made ornaments out of an assortment of things I couldn't sell on eBay (e.g., action figures).-Nothing glows quite like a Christmas tree. Feels good to have one again. Now I need to start wrapping prezzies...
(In other news, the new Battlestar Galactica miniseries didn't suck, and they actually made a couple really smart changes. It wasn't high art, but I was adequately engrossed.)
sweet!
Date: 2003-12-10 10:13 am (UTC)Re: sweet!
Date: 2003-12-10 10:55 am (UTC)wow
Date: 2003-12-11 11:15 am (UTC)let the record reflect, you and your brother are definitely related. :P m.