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No! Really?!

Channel 8 News reported today that a study has showed that live Christmas trees increase mold and allergens in the home.
Why did they need a study to show this? Doesn’t the fact that people tend to start sneezing around live trees prove that they increase mold and allergens in the home?  Does the [...]

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Deck the halls with boughs of horry! Fa ra ra ra ra, ra ra ra ra!

Really, the fact that LR’s too short to put the angel on the top of the tree has nothing to do with it. The tree’s too tall for the topper to clear the ceiling. So far, LR isn’t crafty enough to make a bow for the top, so it remains bare.

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How the Sleet (Plus TV, Illness, & Procrastination) Stole Christmas

Sunday: LR and Mr. Burt discovered that six-and-one-half-foot Christmas trees look pretty dumb in living rooms with ten foot ceilings and resolved to shop for a new one the next day.
Monday: LR’s and Mr. Burt’s resolve to shop for a new Christmas tree wavered when they watched an episode of Studio 60 on the Sunset [...]

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Vertically Challenged

No.  I’m not talking about myself.  I mean, I am vertically challenged.  I need a stepstool or to climb on countertops in order to reach just about everything in my kitchen.  And I have to sit on a little cushion in order to drive.  But this post isn’t about me.
It’s about our Christmas tree.
I got [...]

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O Christmas Tree

It’s not Thanksgiving yet, but our house is decorated for Christmas.  Early decorating is in the Bond genes.  Actually, I’m not particularly in the holiday spirit yet.  I had a completely ulterior motive for getting out the tree and decorating the house:  it’s our first year to decorate, you see, and I had no idea [...]

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