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| Remember going out to buy a fresh Xmas tree with your dad as a kid?
....well, say good bye to that classic tradition.... http://www.chicagotribune.com/busine...,7522807.story
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Thats a great idea given how lazy people are becoming. I wonder where the trees are shipped from.
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12-03-2010, 12:12 AM
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Even online farms are better than fake trees.
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12-03-2010, 12:29 AM
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That would suck if kids lose the experience when they choose a tree with their dad and bring it home.
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12-03-2010, 12:31 AM
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my dad used to rape me by the trees =(
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Originally Posted by BlacknJean my dad used to rape me by the trees =( | Not funny. You FAIL.
Picking out your own fresh tree was one of the best parts of Christmas.
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I had family friends with a massive acreage who allowed us for a couple years to go hunt for a tree (usually pine rather than fur) on their land much like in Christmas Vacation but without all the hilarity. Then we moved onto buying them in parking lots. The last few years my parents can't be bothered and use my uncle's joke gift - an annoying singing christmas tree, as the actual christmas tree.
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Originally Posted by Blaupunkt69 I had family friends with a massive acreage who allowed us for a couple years to go hunt for a tree (usually pine rather than fur) on their land much like in Christmas Vacation but without all the hilarity. | They have trees made out of fur? 
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12-03-2010, 01:05 AM
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my rabbit has fir
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Originally Posted by Blaupunkt69 I had family friends with a massive acreage who allowed us for a couple years to go hunt for a tree (usually pine rather than fur) on their land much like in Christmas Vacation but without all the hilarity. | You must have gotten some perfect looking trees!
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12-03-2010, 01:09 AM
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interesting this was brought up,
i drove by J.O. the other day with my mom and she mentioned how barely anyone buys real trees anymore compared to 15-20 years ago when that was the only way to go.
except we've never had a real tree, too much work
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remember having to help clean that shit up when all the pines fall to the floor
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12-03-2010, 09:49 AM
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I remember putting the christmas tree from ikea onto the top of our MPV and riding in the back seat with the window open holding down the two strings that kept the tree on our roof
Clean up wasn't that big of a deal was it? Those leaves are pretty easy to sweep, not anything like raking leaves in the fall
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12-03-2010, 09:54 AM
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Christmas ain't Christmas with a fake tree. Posted via RS Mobile | |
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we use a fake tree just because we had a bad experience with a real tree.. im sure it was just a lemon we got but havent tried it again since.
-tree fell over twice and smashed some bulbs into the carpet
-branches were very flimsy and sagged under the weight of ornaments
-needles falling off everywhere
-dog drinking all the water haha
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I remember, as a family, picking out our fake tree. Meh good enough for me :P
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12-03-2010, 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Amuse That would suck if kids lose the experience when they choose a tree with their dad and bring it home. | Choosing a tree in a lot is not a tradition.
My father, brother and I used to go to a tree farm. We'd have walk the farm in a couple feet of snow to find the perfect tree, bringing along a shovel to dig out the snow around the trunk, then cut it down and haul it home. That's a tradition.
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12-03-2010, 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by jdmhaze Picking out your own fresh tree was one of the best parts of Christmas. |
true! i remember being a kid, me my brother my mom n dad would head out to the tree farm...hunt down a tree, my dad would let me and my brother take turns trying to saw it down with one of those big hand saws, then on the way out of the tree farm, there would be a big fire pit where there were free hotdogs to roast and hot chocolate.....
i kinda wanna go hunt down a tree now
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Originally Posted by taylor192 Choosing a tree in a lot is not a tradition.
My father, brother and I used to go to a tree farm. We'd have walk the farm in a couple feet of snow to find the perfect tree, bringing along a shovel to dig out the snow around the trunk, then cut it down and haul it home. That's a tradition. | a tradition is whatever you want it to be. i eat turkey sub at subway on thanksgiving, is that not a tradition because everyone eats a big turkey at home?
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12-03-2010, 10:26 AM
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Well it's a pretty "weak" tradition to pull a plastic tree out of a box partially decorated
These days I guess having a christmas tree up at all is a plus Posted via RS Mobile | |
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12-03-2010, 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by lust a tradition is whatever you want it to be. i eat turkey sub at subway on thanksgiving, is that not a tradition because everyone eats a big turkey at home? | +1 my friends and i eat quiznos prior to a house party any of us are hosting
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12-03-2010, 10:35 AM
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Just to let you know every family Is allowed to cut down 3 xmas trees a year from crown land for free. I will post up a link when I get to a comp Posted via RS Mobile | |
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Originally Posted by murd0c Just to let you know every family Is allowed to cut down 3 xmas trees a year from crown land for free. I will post up a link when I get to a comp Posted via RS Mobile | Finally, one of the few free things like libraries which don't get exploited like !@#$%!
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