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| Sume Christmas Tree 2013 |
My husband and I may have set a new record.
I believe we
have our search for the nearly perfect tree down under the ten minute mark. No,
I am not kidding. This is how we roll: truck pulls up to the Christmas tree
farm, I am out of the passenger side door before the Ford has finished its
final cough. Shane heads off to find the owner and keeper of red SOLD ribbons
to mark our pick while I head off in the opposite direction to walk a critical circle
around the tree we spotted on the way in. Yes, just as I had hoped, this tree
has all five of the required elements.
1) Is it taller than our children? Check.
2) Is it shorter than our ceiling? Check.
3) Is it the proper shade of green? Check.
4) There should be no SOLD ribbons already affixed to its branches. Check.
And best of all, it has the Special Sume Requirement # 5) all of its
flaws, bare spots, oddly shaped branches and any other Charlie Brown-esque
elements are all on the same side—the side we are going to cram up against the
wall anyway. Check. SOLD.
On our way back to the truck, carrying the 8 foot noble fir
between us, we spot The Sume Christmas Tree version 2015 and tag it for next
year—this is a first for us, usually we just note it in our memory banks and
then look in the general vicinity when the time comes., but this really ought to speed things up next year.
TIME: under ten minutes
from pickup door back to pickup. Done
and dusted. But not decorated, the tree is still sitting in a bucket of water
in the garage and won’t be gussied up until after finals are over. Term papers
and tinsel are not cohabit-able terms in my world.
Next time: the secret to turning a Nearly Perfect Christmas
Tree into The Best Christmas Tree Ever.
