January 18, 2008

Discarded Twins


As excited as we all were a few weeks ago to take home a shapely, fragrant tree - right now, people are equally anxious to discard them quickly. I generally keep the tree up as long as the needles are willing to stay - and these do look like they were willing. Do you still have your tree up?

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

No! I have always been told it is unlucky to leave any decorations up after the 6th of January.

zakscloset said...

that looks sad. i'm definitely happy with a fake one, saves money and the environment. we took down ours last week. i'm with clarice, i heard that it's bad luck after a certain date.

Keropokman said...

i did not put up any tree, so no taking down.

too much of a hassle to put it up. haha..

Dan said...

I agree with zakscloset, this looks so sad. Like Clarice I don't have my tree up any more. At my house we take it down within a week after Christmas. We just need to reclaim our living room!

Kate said...

They do look unwanted and sad! We removed ours quickly because we were leaving cold MN for warm Mazatlan!

quintarantino said...

Mine are already down, I had two but both where fake.

smilnsigh said...

Yes... -blushing- But it is an artificial tree and in no fear of catching on fire.

When our children lived at home, and for some time after as well, we went out and cut down our Christmas trees. But then, it got a bit much, and we finally got an artificial one.

Wonderful for my husband because the *dreaded* job of putting on and taking off lights, is no more. :-)

Mari-Nanci

smilnsigh said...

You liked "my" lion's face. I too was taken with it. :-) Thank you for noting it.

Mari-Nanci

dot said...

After my children grew up and left home I quit having a tree. Some consider me a bah humbug and some say they don't have one either.

Jim Klenke said...

No tree this year, took a vacation so we didnt want to put one up only to have to turn around and take it down. Normally we take it down the first weekend after new year. Now the outdoor Christmas lights are a different story. Some years they have stayed up until June.

Oswegan said...

They don't recycle there?