It is customary for me to take down the tree on New Years Day. I usually have the Rose Parade going in the background, looking up occasionally at the floats while I remove ornaments and lights. However, this tree is so dry, I am going to start taking it down in December 26th. I'm worried about it being a fire hazard. We got it at Lowe's this year. It was fresh and has been sucking up water, but it dried out much faster than the trees we used to get at our local Target store. One year, one of our Target trees was still fresh, even on New Years Day. But, our local Target was remodeled and they did away with the garden section. They did not have any trees this year. I don't know if they have done away with them permanently, or if it was because the store had just recently re-opened after having been expanded and redone. I really wish they would carry them again. We used to get them at the Home Depot and ran into the same problem as this one from Lowes. They dry up to quick.
There is only one time that we ever got a dry tree from Target. That was about 18 years ago, and there is a story behind that one.
Posted by Valkyre at December 24, 2006 10:56 AM