Oh, Tannenbaum…
December 13th, 2007 · 6 Comments · Posted in Uncategorized
We love our fake tree, and we love decorating it. Especially after a couple of Lane’s chocolate-mint martinis…
Thanks to our friends Tomekia (in the hat) and Darren (with the neck brace, recovering from surgery.)
How retro! Takes me back to mother’s fake tree. One was just like yours, then she had the silver one..haha.
Merry Christmas!
What have you done to your neck?? I hope it’s not too painful, and that a full recovery is coming soon …
Joanna
MaryAnn, we actually considered a silver tree, but we really like the white one. You never have to water it, and we don’t worry about trees being cut down just so we can hang ornaments on them.
Joanna, thanks pointing out our friend Darren who helped put the tree together. He’s had neck surgery, but you’re concern prompted me to clarify that in the blog post.
Most “live” Christmas trees are
grown on farms, by local farmers.
Supporting local commerce, just as
your quest for locally grown food.
After these trees are used in the
District of Columbia, they are
recycled as mulch for the National
Zoo. Where was your fake tree made? Did it come from China and
made of plastic, a bi-product of
oil? We all carbon footprints.
Janet
You know, Janet, I do so much for the environment already–living downtown instead of the suburbs, not commuting to work, walking instead of driving, eating local foods, growing vegetables instead of a lawn, supporting local gardens of all kinds, cutting back on electrical use, insulating like crazy, unplugging vampire appliances, switching to flourescent bulbs, saving cooking water to irrigate the garden, to name just a few things–that I feel absolutely no guilt whatsoever buying a fake Christmas tree that may very well have been made in China and most likely be the Christmas tree we keep for the rest of our lives. You can do all the math you want–all those trucks driving in and out of the city from far off farms with Christams trees, all the fumes from 2-stroked engines used to cut the trees, all the gas burned to turn them into mulch. In this case, I absolutely don’t care. I think we’ve earned this tree.
That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it.
This video illustrates the main reason I don’t want a live tree in our 107 year old house.
http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/1107/474267_video.html
You’ll have to copy the web address as it doesn’t link directly from here.