We got a live, living, potted Christmas tree this year. I feel the need to say live, living and potted all together because when I was calling around to different stores asking if they had living Christmas trees, they would say "yes, they are fresh cut!"
People, people, people living and fresh cut is like an oxymoron, if it's cut it's not living, it's on the road to death. Anyway, now that we have that all clarified, phew. Our plans are to plant the tree sometime next year.
The tree is about 1/2 the size of a cut tree you would normally find in a Christmas tree lot, so it's on a table in our living room to give it some height. The added bonus to the tree on the table idea is that Kaianah can't be tempted to pull on the tree, ornaments or colorful lights!! Mom's get to keep her sanity this Christmas, yeah!!! We are off to a good start here...
Every year we put up all of the special ornaments, then the ones the kids have made over the years, then we fill in the rest of the tree with plain ole ball ornaments. This year we only have 2 ball ornaments since the tree is so much smaller. Eventually I'll be able to get rid of those ball ornaments once and for all! :)
Dusty will never allow us to get an artificial tree, it's was pretty much in our wedding vows. We vowed to love, honor, cherish and never get a fake Christmas tree. I'm totally kidding, but he does take his tree very seriously.
The tightwad inside me wants to get a fake tree so we can stop throwing away our money on a fresh cut Christmas tree every year, so this idea to plant one I absolute love. It's a win, win. Dusty gets his tree and I have something to show for the money, besides ashes in the burn pile!!
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