After I painstakingly wrapped every one of your branches in the garage with you lying on your side for 4 hours only to bring you in and stand you up to spend 4 more hours doing the bottom half of you; you would think you would have the courtesy to stay standing up after you were fully decorated. I thought those 8 hours with my freezing hands wrapped in thin gloves were a bonding moment for us. I guess I misread the signals.
I don't know if you knew this when we chose you from the woods, but when we chopped you down it was to welcome you into our home. To bring joy and beauty to us this holiday season. You are my favorite part of the decorations. Your lights, the strings of red wooden beads that lend you a country chic charm. Your decade of hand painted ornaments collected year after year. Your responsibility to showcase every trip we have ever taken since our honeymoon 14 1/2 years ago is nothing to shirk.
So when you and your 15 feet of branches came crashing down and broke 2 large glass hand painted ornaments, Olivia's first Christmas, and a John Deere bulb, I was mad at you. It took over an hour and a half to get all of those family memories to hang just so from your boughs. Olivia only put up the sparkly ones and the boys hid all the precious kindergarten paper chains in the back, but it was still a family affair.
Now with JaDee gone and my fear of you doing this again, I can't drag you over to the safety of our 2nd story balcony to re-decorate you. I may end up climbing our ladder to re hang your beaded garland. But I am afraid you have lost my trust in being responsible for holding the most treasured ornaments. Those will not be your job this year. Those will be passed on to the Mantel and his solid frame.
I am sorry if you were not pleased by being chosen to be part of our family this year. I am sorry if our ornaments weren't enough for you. But next time send a note, make a phone call, some warning before you resort to this sort of violence again.
Sincerely,
Nicole
Monday, December 6, 2010
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This happened to us at Brad's parents house one year. Except we had multiple broken ornaments and sap all over the couch. What a crappy way to start your season but it makes for a great story! Merry Christmas!
That sucks! I think you should turn the tree into fire wood just to teach it a lesson :)
Am I correct in believing that you just "dumped" your tree? Or are you just on a little break? I have to say, although the decision must not have been made lightly, it's what I would have done also. But Mantel is going to be so smug for the rest of Christmas, the tension will be thick. :)
I'm sorry for your, and your tree's, holiday breakdown. Hopefully that's the last.
So sorry! I hope the tree is feeling repentant and will do a better job now. 2 years ago my kids decided chasing each other round and round the tree would be fun (while I was in the other room) and we lost half of our ornaments. All the special ones of course. I don't know why I bother!
So for this reason (and others) I am kind of a fan of the fake prelit trees. I know...gasp! Our tree isn't going anywhere, unless a little toddler grabs one of the branches and takes off in the opposite direction. Oh, wait....that has happened, luckily I was able to catch the falling tree and nothing was harmed. So pretty much, either way....I'm also at risk of a fallen tree. Boo! Sorry for the trouble!
Well, THAT stinks! I thought of you when I tried to convince Jeremy that we should pay $5 and go forage for a tree in the Montana state park system, but he vetoed it. Maybe next year I'll win? Hope you aren't too homesick at Christmas! And love the envelopes:)
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