Mom and I decided that the Christmas tree needed a makeover. The old red and gold decorations were looking tired and blah -- so we bought all new lights in white and trimmings in white and silver, with a little mauve (hey, it was the 90s -- guilty as charged).
Dad just didn't like the new tree. It wasn't traditional enough for his taste. He'd gone out and purchased a $20 artificial tree at RockBottom. While Mom and I were trimming the tree in the living room, Dad was in the den decorating his own tree.When he was done, he called us in to have a look.
To say it was tacky is a gross understatement. It was like Christmas threw up all over that thing, which -- by the way -- leaned awkwardly, threatening to fall over at any moment. That being said, it was hard to laugh -- especially considering that Dad wore an endearing expression of "look what I did all by myself" on his face.
Needless to say -- that was the last Christmas there were two trees in the household.
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i remember you guys always getting live trees with the roots, so they can be planted... always thought that's the way to do xmas; why kill all those trees???
ReplyDeleteindeed. we did do that quite a bit. until the artificial ones came out. (except for the blue spruce incident).
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