Originally Posted by
Chester the bunny
I have a silly question.... Does everyone put up a tree? Even those who are from warmer states that don't see snow. I know you don't have to have snow to have a tree, but maybe you do something different.
I don't recall ever seeing a movie where people go out on a hot day to pick a tree
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I'd love to hear how you decorate for the holidays, if different from the snowy areas.
Well, down here in this part of Texas, we may get a token snowfall but can't count on it. About the tree question, if it looks like we may get snow, everyone suddenly wants a tree. Since we don't know about the snow ahead of time, there are never enough trees to go around. Oh, it's a dangerous situation, for sure! As soon as a tree lot opens, people start rushing the place, grabbing up every tree in sight! One particular year, it was so bad that the only thing left were fallen branches. Well, the lot attendant started gathering up all those branches and had just stooped down to pick up the last branch, when some crazy rednecks came along, saw the pine branches and grabbed him up before he could even holler. They wrapped a rope around that poor pine-covered man and threw him into the back of their pick-up. The rest of us were hollering for them to put him down but they just kept hollering back, "Finders keepers!" I hope they at least remembered to give the poor guy some water. . . .