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1. 

   margueritem said, over 1 year ago

   …with great respect.
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   hlagallah said, over 1 year ago

   Next year, get a live one and re-plant him
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   chireef said, over 1 year ago

   didn’t he just replant him now?
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   jimmyh43105 said, over 1 year ago

   Wasn’t there an actor named Martin Balsam?
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   jukeofurl said, over 1 year ago

   Never much liked Martin Balsam’s acting. But he does have a real claim to fame. His daughter Talia is the only woman to have married George Clooney.
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   Sisyphos said, over 1 year ago

   A balsam named Marty! Or, a Balsam named Marty? What hath Lio wrought?
   I’m assuming it’s the tree, given a decent burial, as befits a Christmas tree that has given its life for the joy of an odd family!
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   sjc14850 said, over 1 year ago

   Every day for you I pine,
   And then at night I balsam.
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   Nabuquduriuzhur said, over 1 year ago

   Lotsa needles still on that thing.

   One year my brother and got a permit and drove over to the Willamette NF to get a tree. A little Doug fir was perfect. Took it, roots and all, so it wouldn’t dry out. Ended up planting it when we were done, it had survived so well. Unfortunately our winters on this side of the Cascades were just a tad cooler than it was used to.
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   StelBel said, over 1 year ago

   @sjc14850

   Well done, sjc 14850 ! lol
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    JohnnyDiego said, over 1 year ago

    @jimmyh43105

    From Wikipedia:

    Martin Henry Balsam (November 4, 1919 – February 13, 1996) was an American actor.

    He is known for his Oscar-winning role as “Arnold Burns” in A Thousand Clowns and his role as “Detective Milton Arbogast” in Psycho.
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    capndunzzl said, over 1 year ago

    @hlagallah

    …and every year, too.
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    dyankee23 said, over 1 year ago

    Alas, poor Marty.
13. 

    Number Six said, over 1 year ago

    @JohnnyDiego

    Martin Balsam also played the foreman in one of my favourite movies of all time.
    
    
    Twelve Angry Men!
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    Simon_Jester said, over 1 year ago

    28 days from now, will Marty come back as a zombie Chirstmas tree?
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    INGSOC said, over 1 year ago

    To watch it go up in flames would certainly be great, oh well….
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