At least, it was Christmas for a few wonderful, blessed minutes in our house last night. On the hottest day of the year (it was 112 degrees here with 75% humidity...I mean, shit.). I walked through the front door, after having been on the bus ride from hell (slow driver, broken AC) to find two HUGE boxes that contained our brand spankin' new artificial christmas tree!!!!!!!!
Now, some of you might be thinking, "WHAT?!???!". But let me explain. Tree suck around here. The lives ones are dead right now - drought and very hot weather does not create pretty christmas trees. In fact, it kills them. And there is no way in hell that I'm putting a dead (read: fire hazard) tree up in my new house for over a month (from Thanksgiving until after Christmas) with my new baby. It's just not worth the risk. Not for a real tree.
But...we invested in a very, very nice tree. See, we found out that you can save almost 40% by buying off season...which we did. It will still take us about 5 years to recover the cost (we normally spend between $80-$100 a year on a tree...you do the math), but it is well, well worth it!
We purchased from Balsam Hill and we selected the Norway Spruce from the Vermont Signature line. We got ours unlit (because some years we'll want white...other years color) and because the longevity of the tree is better. We got a 7 1/2 foot tree. Here's a picture:
We are very, very happy with our selection!
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