We picked up a tree about a week after Thanksgiving from King Soopers. It was a beautiful Noble Fir.
We noticed that it was completely frozen and it took 2 days for it to thaw and finally open. It was a stunning tree. We decorated it and enjoyed it until today when we took everything off of our beautiful gray dead tree. I was afraid to turn the lights on and just knew it was going to go up in a huge flame ball.
King Soopers was kind enough to replace it today with the ugliest tree I have ever seen. Won't be posting any pics.
Please be careful with your trees this year. I have never seen a tree die so fast. We watered it twice a day. Sprayed the needles with water and only enjoyed it for about 10 days.
Have a safe Christmas
Best of luck Becky, I like a real tree but I think it's only safe to have inside for about two weeks total. There are all kinds of crazy things I have read about how to keep a real tree alive but my experience has been that it is best to cut the tree no more than seven days before Christmas and be done with it on New Year's day.
My parents decorated their trees with small candles - I'm not nearly that brave but my folks never burned down their own house either. Back then the tree was lit for the length of time it took to say a couple of prayers and a carol or two, then the candles were out until next Christmas. Most important of all was the placing of the star on the top of the tree on Christmas eve upon arriving home from church, normally done by the youngest child in the family that was able (riding piggy back on Dad of course), kids of three years old or more.
As much as I am opposed to artificial trees, my little brother has had his fake tree up since Thanksgiving day. I have to confess it's convincing and unless you look really close (and have clean glasses) it is hard to tell that it's not real. It's wonderful to see a Christmas tree all lit up so early; the Christmas season begins too early in my opinion. My nieces and nephews really enjoy the extenuated Christmas season but I think it detracts from the special nature of the actual Christmas celebration.
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It is fun trimming it again. You get to fix mistakes.
I do have some concerns about the trees coming from this store......This one is dropping a huge amount of needles also and may not make it to Christmas.
I just worry about the folks who don't know a lot about Christmas trees or how dangerous they can be in your home.
Thanks for the heads up Becky. We usually buy our trees from KS, but this year we went to Beaver Ranch on Sturday and took advantage of their tree thinning program. ($2.00 per foot and we got a 10 footer) We were the first on the trail at 9:30 and found a very nice tree right away. After cutting it to fit the room, we had it in the house by 11:00. Nothing smells like a fresh cut tree. They still take plenty of water and yeah, there are a few bald spots, but that means more space for decorations.
Photo-fish wrote: Thanks for the heads up Becky. We usually buy our trees from KS, but this year we went to Beaver Ranch on Sturday and took advantage of their tree thinning program. ($2.00 per foot and we got a 10 footer) We were the first on the trail at 9:30 and found a very nice tree right away. After cutting it to fit the room, we had it in the house by 11:00. Nothing smells like a fresh cut tree. They still take plenty of water and yeah, there are a few bald spots, but that means more space for decorations.
Merry Christmas and Happy Chanukah everybody.
I didn't know they did that. I'll keep that in mind for next year.
