For Christina (to judge, of course)
What a ridiculous blog post you're thinking. I KNOW. However, I've read this book every year before Christmas since I was 14 years old. But I didn't last year and we all know how that turned out. Not good, I didn't even mail presents until January. I have less than 6 months to plan baby's first Christmas and I cannot be anything less than in full on Griswold-like festive spirit. I'm already handicapped by the following 2 problems- oh! If you are not in illegal possession of my favorite book, you can help by offering solutions-
1. I cannot and will not have any other Christmas tree but a Scotch pine. See photo below- have you ever seen a fluffier, greener, fuller Christmas tree? Not only that, they last forever. I'm serious, and I'm terribly embarrassed to tell you that in 2003/2004 our Scotch pine Christmas tree was undressed New Years Day but continued to live as a giant green tree in the corner of our living room until Valentine's Day. By the middle of January it became a test of the tree's endurance rather than our laziness- I swear. Not joking- this tree thrived for two and a half months without becoming a fire hazard. So why settle for any other kind of tree? Apparently no Christmas tree farm in Georgia, South Carolina or Florida sells them, I know because I called them all last year and then promptly quit Christmas when I couldn't find one. SO, how do I get the tree I need? Can you order Scotch pine Christmas trees over the Internet or by phone? Should we drive to Virginia? Maybe they have them in North Carolina?
2. I won't be able to dress the tree as normal because of that bad little dog, Brody. There's no way he won't pull every single ornament off of the tree and destroy it and wind up with a stomach full of glass. SO I need a theme tree, something easy so I can preserve our ornaments until he's not a puppy. Big bows? Ribbon wound around the tree? I'm drawing a total blank. WHICH IS WHY I NEED MY BOOK BACK OR BABY'S FIRST CHRISTMAS IS RUINED. Thank you.
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Now I'm very curious to read this book, but I can't find any picture of it online. The cover art is very important to me when choosing reading materials. One might even say I judge a book by its cover. Whatevs.
You judge? Never!
Thank you. The cover art is appropriately cheesy (cheesy enough to match the title, and I honestly didn't think that would be possible). So I will be buying this book via Amazon. If you don't get your copy back, I'll bring mine down at Thanksgiving and you can have at it. Good luck with the pine.
some food for thought: when uncle herb was a child ( he was born april 1), my parents had to put thier christmas tree in a playpen with a fence around it to keep him away from the tree! maybe that will work with brody....
Last year we decided that paying 35-40 for a live tree was too much since we don't get many visitors at christmas (hint, hint,), so we agonized over getting an artificial one. Our solution- if we have to go artificial, get one that really looks artificial! We got a 5 foot fiber optic tree to go with 2 30-inch ones, so we hada fiber optic forest! They are pretty cool, and we still put lights and stuff on them.
Ben's looking good! is he growing out of his newbie sleepers? some of them look stretched!
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