Tuesday, December 07, 2004

French Tree Stand

Last night the husband and kids went out into the dark and cold to find our Christmas Tree. My husband carried the wonderfully shaped tree home and place it near the window. The whole process took about 15 minutes, if that. In part, it was this easy because the flower, in this case tree store was only a block or so away. Another reason it was so simple is because you buy the Christmas tree with a block of wood for the stand. I will never forget the amount of time my family spent a. finding the tree stand, b. putting the tree into the stand, c. tightening the stand and then re-tightening it what felt like a million times until the tree was straight, and finally d. watering the tree every few days. Here the tree gets hammered into the wooden mount and 5 minutes later it is standing perfectly straight in my living room. It's a beautiful thing.


Here is a picture of the stand. The tree is bare right now. We didn't have time to decorate last night, so the kids (and parents) are looking forward to coming home tonight and taking out their favorite ornaments to place on the tree. Should be fun.

-- said Auntie M in Paris
3:46 PM

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