Oh Zombie Tree, Oh Zombie Tree

[tamezin]

And for those who are all "my god, kill a tree?" like the person in the comic:

it doesn't HAVE to be pine, fir or spruce. It CAN be any indoor plant or plant-like object or wire object or plastic object that can hold suitable decorations.

I want to try a potted palm sometime .. I think it would be classically hilarious.

[Antisocial_Worker]

And for those who are all "my god, kill a tree?" like the person in the comic:

it doesn't HAVE to be pine, fir or spruce. It CAN be any indoor plant or plant-like object or wire object or plastic object that can hold suitable decorations.

And another thing: Christmas trees are grown as a crop, and the mountains of Western North Carolina where I live, are especially hospitable to that crop. When you buy a real tree, you keep a tree farm in business. To me, I'd rather see nice, orderly rows of Christmas trees growing and keeping the land in agriculture than I would a developer swoop in, raze everything, and erect The Townes at Yuletide Pointe (Another fine townhome development by Puketech Builders -- Your Hometown Builders!)

[Jester]

I want to try a potted palm sometime .. I think it would be classically hilarious.

In the Midwest, a decorated palm tree is hilarious.

To this desert boy, it is Christmas. Ditto to many people here in the tropics.

[Parrothead]

If you're serious, I can send you cuttings!

That would be cool. I'll PM you my address.

[Dips]

The Townes at Yuletide Pointe (Another fine townhome development by Puketech Builders -- Your Hometown Builders!)

Snnooorrrt!

[o/t]

I know you made that up but it tells me that the very annoying convention of adding extra letter E's to the name of a development isn't just local to New England (or is that Newe Englande?)

Right now I work in an office complex called Olde [something] Square. There's nothing even "old" about it except the parking lot could *really* use a paint job.

[Andara Bledin]

But, I'll never get a real Christmas tree. With my allergies, I can't have them. Last time my parents had one...it nearly killed me. Too much pollen made it difficult to breathe Too bad since plastic trees don't smell like pine

Alas, you will just have to live with using pine scent to enhance your Christmas experience.

In other news, pine needles are highly flammable, especially if you let your tree dry out, and the sap makes them "pop" or shoot out flaming sparks which greatly increase the risk of fire, so make sure you keep your tree watered, and dispose of it properly once your done with it.

My ex-pa-in-law kept a few live trees in front of his place, and every year he'd just drag a pot in for the tree. Of course, he'd also decorate the outside ones with lights, too.

^-.-^

[Pagan]

I think I want a Christmas Cactus this year.

That will go nicely with our tumbleweed snowmen!

Got any of those old-fashioned aluminum christmas trees?

I saw a purple tree at Michael's. If it wasn't for the price, I might consider it. Purple is my favorite color. Hee!

But, I'll never get a real Christmas tree. With my allergies, I can't have them. Last time my parents had one...it nearly killed me. Too much pollen made it difficult to breathe Too bad since plastic trees don't smell like pine

Where are you living that pines are producing pollen this time of year? Most pollen production is done late spring/early summer. And this: http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2009/...3671240631341/

And believe me, I've got hellacious allergies, too. Just about anything out there will set me off (including pot). I don't know that they even test for pine allergies. I know that I wasn't tested when I had a prick test years ago.

[Midnight12]

EvilEmpryss and Jester
I think I will do that this saturday. Will even bring the daughter to show her how silly it is.

[Ironclad Alibi]

I know you made that up but it tells me that the very annoying convention of adding extra letter E's to the name of a development isn't just local to New England (or is that Newe Englande?)

Right now I work in an office complex called Olde [something] Square. There's nothing even "old" about it except the parking lot could *really* use a paint job.

That reminds of the old adage to beware of any store that has misspelled words in its name.

[EvilEmpryss]

EvilEmpryss and Jester
I think I will do that this saturday. Will even bring the daughter to show her how silly it is.

It is always good to having educational bonding time with the young. If more people did it, maybe we wouldn't have so many SCs.

No... wait... that's too optimistic. It would just mean that the SCs were bonding with their SC-tots and showing them firsthand how to be SCs.

[Hyena Dandy]

I'm the exception to this rule! I have the power (hehe..He-man..) to make a christmas tree last til may the following year and stay green! My first tree the BF and I got years ago got watered ONCE (with 7up) and when we finally got it out of the apartment it was still green and not a single needle dropped!

7-Up? No wonder it worked. 7-Up has electrolytes.

/Idiocracy

[Kogarashi]

We have an artificial tree mostly so we don't have to vaccuum up needles after the fact, though the flame retardent-ness is a plus. Pity the lack of "real pine" scent, so I have to rely on candles (still looking for the perfect one). For the dropped needles, though...I've heard of artificial trees that not only have imperfections built into them to make them look more real, they also come with fake needles to scatter on the floor. Which kind of defeats the purpose for me.

I saw a purple tree at Michael's. If it wasn't for the price, I might consider it. Purple is my favorite color. Hee!

Saw one at Walmart this week. You could check there too. Or wait for one of Michaels' "entire purchase" coupons and hope it still counts for seasonal decor.

[Magpie]

Reminds me of the time friends of mine decorated their father's Harley fat boy for Christmas...it was unique!

I have a fake tree because my allergies kick in horribly when I have a live tree in the house. Heck, I can't even handle Pine Sol without choking up a storm, unable to breathe. My mom could neve figure out why I was so damn sick every year until she finally got me tested and discovered my allergy. I even react to those pine scented car thingies. It sucks

We just use a rope across the ceiling, holds all the decorations, and if you put it high enough (i.e. get the 2m guy to do it) said 2m guy won't hit his head. Often.

My dad has the same allergies, so they always have an artificial. I really wish the rabbit had been smart enough to recognise that it wasn't a real tree... he was also part of the need to switch to the Lee Valley tinsel, because we really didn't think all the tinsel he was eating was good for him.

[jedimaster91]

And that ladies and gentlemen is why I have a fake tree. I spent $65 ONCE, and my tree lasts FOREVER!

.....Or at least until the hinges fall apart, but whatever. Mine was even prelit, so no messing with the lights either.

[MrsEclipse]

Got any of those old-fashioned aluminum christmas trees?

That's right! A great, big, shiny, aluminum Christmas tree, maybe painted pink!

Last time I was at Borders, they had a three-foot neon pink Christmas tree and a three-foot jet black Christmas tree. I said to my brother, "It's Prep and Goth trees! Let's buy them and put them next to each other so they can fight it out!"

When I was little my mother got me and my brother our own little fake Christmas trees. When I moved away to Florida, it was the apartment's only Christmas tree. And now that I'm back home but at college, it's lighting up my room right now. We also have a fake tree we saved from the dump for all of our "elegant" ornaments.

But my favorite will always bee the Zombie Tree, which I will now always think of whenever I look at it. My mother will just die.