Thank you again for your help with our Christmas tree issue. Attached is a video and two pictures which we hope will prove to others that a bigger tree does not always make a better Christmas. This is especially true when the tree is not for your own house, but for your parents house as an unexpected gift. As you said, "our heart was in the right place", but unfortunately our measurements were off.
As children, my brothers and I always wanted to get the biggest tree on the lot. Last week we saw an opportunity, and took it.
After tightly wrapping the 15 footer and shoving it through the door, we navigated it down the hall and stood this beast up in the corner of their living room. We then cut the ropes and watched the branches slam down in all directions.
It was at this point that we realized we were now guests in this trees room. When my father saw it his only words were "Get this out before your Mother gets home".
It was like trying to adopt a wild animal... it just belonged outside. There was nothing comfortable or cozy about having the forest in the living room no matter how much I tried to convince everyone we can house break it.
My heart and wallet both cried as we came to the inevitable realization that this tree needed to be returned to the wild. Unfortunately the tree did not agree, so we had to negotiate with it the old fashioned way.
Thank you again for your understanding and help through this life lesson. Unfortunately our little girls are too young to learn from our mistakes, so please keep this story handy if you see them show up without us one day saying "the bigger the tree, the better the Christmas".
You will see us around often with our little girls, and we will be sure to say HI.
Please use the pictures and video as you wish.
Merry Christmas.
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