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   Leviticus said, 6 months ago

   Come on dad, decorating the Christmas tree is one of the highlights of the season. Especially in your case. Just take a good look at the diva you get to decorate with.
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   Mikeyj said, 6 months ago

   Just TOO funny!!! He sounds EXACTLY as my Dad does, every Xmas
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   Leviticus said, 6 months ago

   @Mikeyj

   I do not mind putting up Christmas displays. but it is a drag to take them down. There have been times I would have liked to just take everything to the dump and start fresh the next Christmas. $$$ issues prevent that from happening.
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   legaleagle48 said, 6 months ago

   Well, what do you know — Scrooge lives. Bah, humbug, indeed!
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   Richard S. Russell said, 6 months ago

   Sure, let’s go out to the forest, find the finest specimen we can of this symbol of eternal life, kill it, drag its corpse back home where we can set it up in the living room and watch it dessicate into a fire hazard, then eventually glut the local landfill. And let’s do it EVERY YEAR till we get it right.
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   DaJellyBelly said, 6 months ago

   And the stereo is playing, “Chipmunks Roasting On An Open Fire.” LOL
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   DaJellyBelly said, 6 months ago

   @Richard S. Russell

   Does that S stand for Scrooge? ;-(
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   Night-Gaunt49 said, 6 months ago

   Some people just get rundown from all the labor. And they aren’t getting any younger either.
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   Ottodesu said, 6 months ago

   Hey, let’s not forget that it’s really nice artwork.
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    The Old Wolf said, 6 months ago

    It only takes Santa’s elves a month or so to make all the toys. The rest of the year they go from attic to attic and closet to closet, tangling up the strings if lights.
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    Ottodesu said, 6 months ago

    @Richard S. Russell

    You left out singing songs to the dead tree: Oh Tannenbaum.
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    JFri said, 6 months ago

    Oh, go bah humbug yourself……
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    pseudomao said, 6 months ago

    Puddles has the right idea.
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    Mikeyj said, 6 months ago

    @Richard S. Russell

    Our tree is plastic… it will last forever, lol
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    Mikeyj said, 6 months ago

    Truth is, the so-called xmas tree is a misnomer; the tradition began with Northern Germanic Druids burning a log to symbolise the coming of the Winter solstice (sometimes called a “yule log” < Now made as a chocolate cake), later, some tribes began to burn the entire tree; eventually, burning trees were replaced by trees with candles on them, and from which hung gifts such as apples and oranges.It was this tree that came over from Germany, to the English speaking World, with Prince Albert, when he married Queen Victoria, and it became the new “xmas” tradition. Today, of course, the candles have been replaced with lights and the oranges with large coloured balls, but, it all began with a “pagan” ceremony by ancient German Druids. (So, the next time someone complains about the “PC crowd” calling the “burning” tree in your living room a “Holiday tree” , laugh and say, yes, it is!)
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