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December 29th

   Mon, December 29, 2008 - 10:37 PM
I see the first Xmas tree kicked to the curb. That's cold, man. We used to leave ours up until after New Years before pushing it out of the house.

(Actually, in a rare act of green-thinking, my parents got live trees for much of my childhood. The trees came with a giant ball of burlap-wrapped roots, which were kept moist inside a galvanized metal washtub. After the New Year, the tree was planted in the back yard. It was kind of cool: a row of trees ranging from small to large, growing in the yard -- seven or eight of them, if I recall. I think if you're going to do the tree thing, that's the way to do it.)



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Tue, December 30, 2008 - 5:58 PM
Yeah!
It sure is..I think of the forests that are cut down each year..ok I know they are farmed n stuff but still.

Weve been known to let ours hang til May.
Tue, December 30, 2008 - 6:12 PM
I once left mine up with the vow not to take it down until the Niners lost a post-season game. They ended up winning the Superbowl that year and I eventually took it down in February. I think it was dead by then.

Go Niners!
Tue, December 30, 2008 - 6:15 PM
BTW...I tried the living tree one year. I planted it in our back yard after Christmas but I cut it down before it got too big. The cost of cutting a fully grown pine tree in the bay area can range from $500 to $1,000. Ho ho ho.
Tue, December 30, 2008 - 7:46 PM
4 trees today!