Andrea: "So we're out there looking around at the trees and there were, like, 50 crappy trees and only, like 5 of the good ones. You know the ones... the GOOD ones. The ones that look like Christmas trees are supposed to look. So I asked the guy why he had hardly any good trees and he said, 'Aw man... you have to get those in Portland.' So I called to tell you that I'm totally jealous because you've probably got LOTS of good trees up there in Washington!"
I'm guessing that by "good trees" she's referring to Noble firs, because I grew up in L.A. and we only ever had one type of tree (that wasn't fake) and that was a Douglas.
Yes Andrea, we have LOTS of "good trees" up here. In fact, we have a couple of them in our yard. One of them fell down in the last wind storm, so being the resourceful and "green" guy he is, Chris went out in the yard and cut the first 8 feet off the top of the tree and put it in the tree stand for me.
Interesting. Apparently cutting the top 8 feet off a large, fully grown tree does not produce the same result as cutting down an entire younger, smaller tall tree. Who knew?
I don't care that it looks funny. I dig it. It was free and in our own backyard, so there was no driving around with a tree lashed to the roof. And I'm sure Andrea is totally jealous.
Maybe it will look better once we get some lights and decorations on it.
Yes, that is MUCH better. Pass the egg nog, Charlie Brown.