It's a monster!

But it's not my fault. Roland picked out this year's Chrismtas tree - he said he was just freezing and wanted to leave the lot, but no matter, he picked it. Not me.

We have a sloped ceiling in our living room - starts at about 8 ft and gets progressively higher until it reaches the fireplace. I lobbied for a tree big enough to put in front of the fireplace this year (you can't use an old fashioned fire place like that in the cold of winter - ti just sucks heat up the chimney) but Roland pointed out that if it were high enough to reach the ceiling, its girth woudl be too much - it would overwhelm the room. There woudl be no getting around it. No no nope. a smaller tree woudl do.

So, he picked out this year's tree - and in fairness to him I will say that it didn't look that big when it was in the lot. And its girth would be hard to judge as it had been freezing for days so the tree did not even need to be bagged it was so closed up and frozen. Like a evergreen popsicle.

Home it goes and into the stand to thaw and spread. And spread and spread, And have a few feet chopped off its top. And get moved further up the room so as to avoid chopping of another foot. And finally, last night, Roalnd came up with  a great idea...let's move it in front of the fireplace - this way we have the possibility of still being able to move through the room somehow. Why what a great idea!

And girth - oh yeah. This tree is massive. I will post a pic once we get it decorated tonight - after we move all the furniture back to their orignal positions, including the massive sideboard filled with stereo system and booze.

Fa la la la la...he's already trying to tell peopel this wasn't his fault.