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I Love Christmas Trees!
January 6th, 2003
Mr. Anonymous writes:
The advice I'm asking is kind of seasonal, and not quite personal. I bought a real Christmas tree this year (the first time I've done it) and I love it. I want to keep it as long as possible but I want to know how long is too long? It's not turning orange or anything yet, but I fear people may begin to wonder about me if I still have it on Valentine's Day. I just love the smell and lights so much!
 Trevor |
It's good to get a question about more material things like this. As many of you may not know, The Setbacks have somewhat of a green thumb. So given that, my advice would be to plant the tree. Buy a huge pot, dig up some dirt from your front yard, water regularly, and enjoy the outdoors inside, all year round! Seems simple, but sometimes the most obvious answer is the most difficult to come up with.
Then you can start decorating the tree to correspond with different times of year. Only red and white lights at Valentines, Easter egg decorations at Easter. I mean really the possibilities are limitless. I may try this myself, so you won't be the only one out there doing this, Mr. Anonymous. |
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 Steve |
Thanks for the question Mr. Anonymous - you've come to the right place. My advice would be to clone the tree so when the one you have dies, you'll be able to replace it with an identical tree. Just keep doing this and you'll always a fresh one. As for cloning the tree, I have absolutely no idea how to do that. Good luck!
-steve |
 Paul |
From what I'm reading here this isn't about the Christmas tree. This is about you endless desire to fit in. Society has told you that spruce trees are only ment to be in your house for Christmas but it sounds like your "gut feeling" is telling you something different. This is where you have to make a choice between satisfying "society" or yourself.
I know I went throught this phase myself. I went months trying to hide the tree in my closet but it died after a while. I tried to keep a branch or two in my drawers but it wasn't the same. I think I hit rock bottom when I started chewing on air fresheners. This is when I realized that society was too strong for me. I gave in to all the GAP commecials and bought a bunch of stuff with stripes on it and now live in an IKEA filled room. I wasn't strong enough to make it on my own. I hope you are. |
 Chris |
Well...people will definetly wonder about you. That's a for sure.
I kept a vat of olives out of my fridge for over seventeen weeks. I developed a keen affinity for them, and I found that my refusal to throw them out caused people to judge me. My response to these people was this...."Only GOD can judge me...". Regardless of my brave effort to stave off the non-believers, my reputation took a hit. My house smelled like raw ass, my friends dissapeared, and I found that my love life took an incredible hit. No girls wanted to hang out at my pad, because as they said..."It smelled like genitals...". To that I said this... "Only GOD can judge me." Anyways...just throw the tree out. Best, Chris |
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