I finally got my tree down!

At one point it looked like I was still going to have my Christmas decorations up on St. Pactrick's Day. (How pathetic!) How is this possible? Well....

I had my decorations up just before I ended up in the hospital (and having surgery the day after Christmas.) But, when I finally got to come home at the end of January, I couldn't go out to the storage shed to get the boxes to pack everything away, and the weather was too bad whenever someone was available to help.

But, today, things finally clicked. Jessica, an assistant who helps with the housework and runs the occasional errand, helped me take down the tree and put away the decorations.

(Yes, TJ, it's an artificial tree. While I love the real ones, my allergies go into overdrive whenever I have one in the house. Could you ever find it in your heart to forgive me?)

Anyway, I can at least say I'm not as bad as one family who live a couple of blocks away -- they still have their Halloween decorations up!

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Also, if I had used a real tree this year, could you imagine the mess?

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Congrats EW! Surgery and the associated recovery is a hard reason to argue with. A lot of people in my area leave their Christmas lights up all the time (though they don't turn them on all year). My folks thought that was lazy when they visited. I thought it was brilliant.

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Around here, some people keep their lights on their houses all year, only turning them on during the season.

I have a Norwitch pine tree I got 6 years ago when it was only three inches tall. They're slow growing and its now about 3 feet tall. Someday, I hope to use it as a XMas tree.

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Way to go, EW! I agree with everyone else ... better late than never, and due to the circumstances you are more than excused!

All of our indoor Christmas trees are bought artificial in our country! LOL ... our tree areas are so small here that, if a tree would be cut down for every family living on the island, we'd end up with a complete barren land! Plus, we do not have places big enough to plant trees only for this particular purpose! The only natural and real Christmas tree-like trees that you could find decorated are those ones which might have been planted in front of villas or terraced houses, the plot permitting!

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....Unless everyone settled for Charlie Brown trees....

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Hey, EW! A friend of mine just posted a pic of her Christmas tree (still up) on Facebook. Her daughters took it upon themselves to decorate it now with colored eggs.

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quote:

Originally posted by ElectricWhite ....Unless everyone settled for Charlie Brown trees....

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But when you think about it, is there really anything wrong with leaving a Christmas tree up? Christmas is meant to be a happy time, a time to remember being a child with a child's wondrous view of the world. Maybe that's what the world needs right now.

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