This is a real tree that Wendi sent me. Very cool and a nice touch in the desert. The smell is what I miss the most so this was quite a surprise and a real treat.
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This is excellent. I presume you will water it? We bought but did not bring home a tree. Some people between here and Pilot Rock sell trees, rooted until you cut them (or until the owners insurance company said "What if someone sues you becasue they are injured while cutting one of your trees?" so now the owner cuts...but anyway....we tromp out there and check out the trees. They are super trees but they have no smell. They should but they don't. Did you think all conifers smelled conifer like? I did too but they don't. The owner was very friendly, very cheerful and we visited a while and then he said "Say!....Do you want a beer?!" And your Dad said "Well....that is nice of you...Really?" And we were led over to a super little fire and he dug around in the snow and pulled out a bottle of BudLight. Your Dad shared so I tasted BudLight. Every tree purchaser got beer....?? Or only the special ones. The owner left to cut someone's tree down so we didn't find this out. We kind of hung around, talking to the owner's wife and other drinkers and then we came home...leaving the tree until I get back from Texas and your Dad from Charlies. It was fun. This unexpected party. Maxine said "Did you get your tree?" And I said "Yes" and she said "Did you get hot chocolate?" "Nope. Beer." (: When we said to the owner's wife "Will you be here next week?" she said "I'll be here until I die." which some people might find strange but I found reassuring...having never had that kind of roots...definitely reassuring. (: Glad you have a tree. I think Wendi likes you. (:
Mom,
That sounds like a good beginning for a Christmas tree getting tradition. Wendi and I kind of fell into a tradition in Alaska (mostly out of necessity as wild Alaskan trees have a decidedly Charlie Brown heritage). Every year we head down to the fairgrounds and buy one from the Lions Club. The first year we went it happened to be while they were taping a commercial (without our knowledge) and we managed to get in the background of several shots. They still use that same commercial so every year we get people coming up to us saying they saw us on TV. A very small legacy you might say but it does make for a conversation starter :) And yes, I do plan on watering the tree. It came with roots and all so it may last until we leave.
Um...just wanted to weigh in here to clarify that we get our Christmas trees from Kiwanis..not the Lions Club. We don't want to see any local groups get upset and pull their sponsorship! This Christmas tree commercial is really the only Fairbanks notoriety we have!! :)
I stand corrected - see what only five months away will do to your memory? I guess that would explain why those kids are always running around pulling trees out for you. At the few Lions' Club events I have attended the younger generation is noticeably absent.
Just wanted you to know how happy I was that you were able to have a live tree, but I do have a question "can you plant the tree before you leave?" Most of the pictures of the areas you go to are so barren it would be nice to leave something positive behind like a live tree. I was just thinking how great it is that we celebrate His birth even in time of war. Love ya....
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