On Home Depot and Christmas trees.

It seems only fitting that on this eve of Christmas, we should take a moment to discuss the fine art of Christmas tree purchasing. My family and I traditionally go up to a sanctioned portion of the forest, and pick out a tree worthy of the Charlie Brown holiday special. Typically rather bare and sparse in the branch department, these trees are beloved. This year we were unable to make the trek up the mountain due to adverse driving conditions and below-frigid temperatures. Which naturally left us one option: Home Depot.



Surprisingly enough, their selection was decent. We shopped about for about twenty seconds before our fingers froze and our standards dropped and we settled on a beautiful specimen...though a bit too full-branched for our traditional tastes.


This kind gentleman chopped off the excess trunk, and packaged her up. Watch closely...





























Did you miss it?

Now encased in mesh twine (to preserve the integrity of the neatly maintained cone shape), we wheeled the sucker out of there and loaded her up.


In the end I found that what truly makes Christmas tree buying memorable is words of wisdom like these.


Can't sum it up much better than that.

Merry Christmas everyone.