Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for December 19, 2021

Face it Val. You’re going to be there way more than half an hour.

I like Wally’s tree best

I think you’re going to need a bigger saw, Wally.

The perfect Christmas tree:- green — has needles — at least one family member can reach the top. All else is just details.

this could take awhile.

I unbox mine each year. Easier. :-D

I’m with Wally.

Who’s paying? THEY get to decide what’s perfect! Plus, don’t they have three households?

Better declare a dictatorship or it’s not going to work.

Try all day before they come to a consensus. Been there;

Good luck with that, Val.

This late in the game you’ll have your choice of the three sad leftovers in the far side of the lot. Cheap, but sincere.

When my kids were still at home we had to have an artificial tree because my son was allergic to something on the live trees. Asthma attack EVERY Christmas until we figured that one out.

Good Luck……

My maternal grandfather would fill gaps by the simple expedient of drilling a hole at the gap and inserting another branch in the hole. I guess they put them up closer to Christmas in his time so drying out was less of an issue.

Wally Has the right idea.

With Stone family including Wally, may take a while. For hubby and I we bought a fiber optic tree about 10 years ago, replaced our other artificial tree.

So Joan and Evie are looking for something made out of pipe cleaners?

At least we caught Holly smiling!

Soak it in cuz it is a mere fleeting glimpse of that demeanor on her!