Friday, December 22, 2006

DEAD!!

It is so sad. My family will be here in 4 days and our Christmas Tree is DEAD!!! Our house is so DRY and the best place to put the tree is pretty much in the direct blowing path of the pellet stove. Oops. If you even so much as touch a twig, ALL the needles come off in your hand. Some of the ornaments are falling off because they are touching the twigs, which makes the needles fall off sending the ornaments to the ground.

We moved the tree over about 4 feet (away from the window and pellet stove), but it is already too late. She is hardly drinking anymore. Her branches are turning brown, and you can definitely tell that she is thinning out -- a lot!!!

next year - the tree STARTS further away from the pellet stove!!!

I'm sorry, Tree!!!
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6 comments:

  1. heather d.December 23, 2006 at 3:41 PM

    Our tree was dead last year. It fell over 3 times. You might want to move it against a wall where you can attach it to the wall with fishing wire.

    Many of our ornaments went to heaven last year because it fell a lot.

    SOrry to hear about the tree.

    I think mine died because they import them to down here. But it seems even in a tree state (maine) they can still die!

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  2. Sarah GomezDecember 23, 2006 at 4:23 PM

    Oh - it's definitely the pellet stoves fault.. The tree would be fine otherwise...

    And it's in a tree stand so it's not falling anywhere.

    We're just hoping it doesn't look TOO ridiculous by Wednesday morning when we are supposed to be celebrating Christmas with my family!!

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  3. AnonymousDecember 23, 2006 at 9:20 PM

    We will have a "Charlie Brown Christmas Tree!" That's great!! :)
    ~Mom~

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  4. The JewDecember 26, 2006 at 7:38 PM

    weird. and to think, our tree last year was alive until almost March...lol

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  5. NataJanuary 1, 2007 at 11:35 AM

    Selinda asked me to drive her to Presque Isle at the end of the month... PErhaps I'll take her up on that, then spend the day with you, dear roommate. Since you "Demand" it. :)

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  6. AnonymousJanuary 2, 2007 at 8:07 PM

    Did you cut the bottom off when you got it? You have to do that, so it can get water from a fresh cut. Also, if you don't water it and the stand goes dry, it'll seal over with sap and the tree won't get water. This is what I have learned from my experience with Christmas Trees.

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