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- From: jason@ab20.larc.nasa.gov (Jason Austin)
- Newsgroups: rec.gardens
- Subject: Re: Christmas tree alternative?
- Date: 17 Nov 92 15:01:44
- Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA
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- Message-ID: <JASON.92Nov17150144@ab20.larc.nasa.gov>
- References: <1992Nov17.092118.5813@athena.cs.uga.edu>
- Reply-To: Jason C. Austin <j.c.austin@larc.nasa.gov>
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- In-reply-to: maxfield@athena.cs.uga.edu's message of Tue, 17 Nov 1992 09:21:18 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov17.092118.5813@athena.cs.uga.edu> maxfield@athena.cs.uga.edu (Joan C. Maxfield) writes:
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- -> OK, I know this is going to sound REALLY odd, but:
- -> Does anyone have any ideas for 'alternate' types of christmas
- -> trees?
- ->
- -> I want a real tree, I grew up witha fake tree and I hated it, it
- -> Looked fake, it smelled like mildew, it just wasn't right. When I got
- -> older (and my siblings got wealthier) we started getting real, cut
- -> trees for Christmas, ahhh, heaven, the smell, the feel, the weight,
- -> this is a REAL tree. Christmas was redeemed. I continued the practice
- -> of getting a real, cut tree when I moved out on my own and I wish to
- -> continue the practice but have a little problem, Daniel.
- -> No, Daniel isn't my cat, I'm not afraid he'll climb it and
- -> knock it over. And, no, he isn't a landlord, come to ruin my
- -> Christmas. Daniel, is my fiance...He is a vegetarian. Can you see
- -> where this is going? Daniel doesn't want to "kill a poor innocent
- -> tree just so we can hang stuff on it" I keep trying to tell him that
- -> it'll be cut down anyway and if we don't buy it it will die sooner for
- -> lack of wateror worse, be *gasp* chipped after the 25th. He suggests
- -> one of those little 2 foot tall K-mart jobs, but that's not a tree,
- -> it's a ...houseplant! Or he wants to buy a live (with root ball)
- -> tree. This is all fine and good, except we live in an apartment. I
- -> suppose we could donate it somewhere after. I am leary of he cost
- -> here though. (I had neighbors that did this, kind cute, a nice little
- -> line of past years Christmas trees out in the yard, all different
- -> heights and shapes and colors. And they continued to decorate them
- -> too!)
- -> So, you see my predicament. I want a TREE, something to be
- -> proud of its tree-ly heritage, but he won't have it. So, we need
- -> suggestions. I'll take anything, no matter how bizzare, tell me.
- ->
- -> Thanks,
- -> Joan
- ->
- -> Oh, I do have 2 cats so whatever it is should be able to withstand a
- -> little torture ( climbing, nibbling, pawing, etc)
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- Dump him and buy a tree.
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- If you don't want to do that, how about something like a large
- weeping fig? It's not a pine, but it's a tough tree that can take the
- abuse and grow indoors that rest of the year. If you like the pine
- smell, get some pine garland to decorate the rest of the room.
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- Jason C. Austin
- j.c.austin@larc.nasa.gov
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