Comments on: Saving Money on Christmas Trees

By: anja merret - chatting to my generation » Blog Carnival of Observations on Life December 22, 2007

Sat, 22 Dec 2007 15:37:26 +0000

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By: Thanks For Kicking My Butt and Inspiring Me

Thanks For Kicking My Butt and Inspiring Me — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:01:49 +0000

[...] - Sometimes it’s worth paying more for a christmas tree and $5 to a hunk [...]

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By: allison

allison — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:00:27 +0000

Hi Nina, Fitting for me to read this article today...I'm going xmas tree shopping with Khaia & my mother-in-law today. For the past 4 years, we've supported a lot run by a local non-profit. But this year mom wanted to try Longs. She saw that she could save $20 or $30 dollars. It took a lot of convincing her NOT to go there. If it takes us 2 hours to choose a tree at the usual lot--I'm lucky. Longs would have been a nightmare! Khaia & I enjoy supporting local vs. corporate. It's comforting to see we're not alone! Happy holidays! Allison

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By: Carol

Carol — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:34:24 +0000

Okay, first things first. "Drill-less lesbians" is such a catchy phrase. I would just love to hear it in a C&W song. Oh, the possiblities are endless. Makes me want to send you a DeWalt for Christmas. Secondly,I now know about sukkah, Sukkoth and Tishri. It's more than a blog, it's a leaning center! Now, to round this down -- your companion post was "Reducing, Re-using and Re-claiming". If you had gotten a live tree and planted it, given it to a park, or put it on "Freecycle" to give away once you had celebrated Christmas that would have been a much better option. There is a site or blog, "Bare Bones Gardening" that has an Australian take on the whole tree thing. Still waiting for the rest of the words to that C&W song.

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By: Nina

Nina — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:43:24 +0000

Adam: With artificial Christmas trees, you bring up a topic I neglected to cover. My family was always of the "real" variety, but you make a convincing argument with the costs savings. I'd beg to differ on the leaving it all year approach... a kid's fantasy, a designer's nightmare. Here's some more info when it comes to buying one: Top 10 Mistakes People Make When Buying an Artificial Christmas Tree Larry: I learn something new every time you leave a comment. Sukkah: "Although the festival of Sukkot is a joyous occasion... the sukkah itself symbolizes the frailty and transience of life. It also reminds its dwellers that true security comes from faith in God, rather than from money or possessions." There's an interesting thought!

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By: Larry Lennhoff

Larry Lennhoff — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:24:49 +0000

I'm currently leaving the frame of my sukkah ('temporary' home used for religious purposes 8 days each year) up for the second straight year. My friends are horrified, but it saves me so much time and bother. Putting up the walls, decorations, and ceiling takes less than 2 hours - organizing a sukkah building party takes days of stress.

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By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:14:44 +0000

"Drill-less" I'm not sure about whether you saved money or not but the word-smithing worthy of Dan Savage made my day. Congrats on the happy holiday tree. I grew up with an artificial tree. Our guests always thought it was real. I'm not sure why they thought it was real... it didn't smell real but I guess looked convincing enough. I'm sure that was a savings. And if the time involved in getting and setting up a tree is a factor in the cost-savings analysis then I'd suggest going with the artificial and do like we did one year. We left the tree up for a whole year. That meant that where most had to set up the tree twice we set it up once. We re-decorated it for each of the holidays. My favorite was Easter when we used all of my stuffed animals to decorate the tree.

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