Bah, humbug…

I put up the Christmas tree this morning, aided by a pot of coffee and Trans Siberian Orchestra cranked up on the stereo. I’m still not feeling like Christmas, but the Christmas Spirit has a lot of muck to wade through to get to me this year.

The tree is a fake. When I bought it, I rigged the lights so that I can pull the tree apart for storage without removing the lights. (Yes, I know they make them that way now, but I couldn’t afford one of those that year.) During the other 11 months of the year, it resides in a big green body bag in the basement. Next year I might get a real tree again. I haven’t had one in about five years — not since I left one up until my birthday in February, then watched its carcass rot on the porch until my landlady issued an ultimatum in late March.

Of the two large tubs of ornaments and holiday knick knacks I’ve collected over the years, only the same handful of red and gold stars and hearts make it onto the tree each year. I added a dozen new ones to the mix from last year’s clearance sales, along with a real tree skirt and matching tablecloth. Now that it’s up, I think I need some burgundy garland and place mats.

This evening I’ll join some friends for potluck and A Muppet Christmas video. It will be a good thing. I feel isolated at home alone all the time.

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  1. jimmy_hollaman

    December 5, 2005 at 1:59am

    A muppet christmas or a muppet christmas carol. if its the remake of its a wonderful life please take note the fact scooter is in leather at the rave, It reminds me a lot of robin.

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      allisonstein

      December 8, 2005 at 5:59pm

      It was the one with the Muppet Show muppets and the Sesame Street muppets at Rolf’s mother’s farmhouse, with a portal to Fraggle Rock in the the basement….

      But now that you’ve put that image in my head of Scooter/Robin, I’m going to have to go find that version just because….

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  2. mckitterick

    December 5, 2005 at 10:05pm

    Hey, I got a fake tree this year, too – my first in many years. I miss the real ones, but no real point this year.

    Mine came from Target, has swirling fiber-optic lights. Heh.

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      allisonstein

      December 8, 2005 at 6:00pm

      Spiffy. I’m hoping that next year, the LED string-o-lights will be generally available. Cooler, brighter, less fragile — gotta love ’em.

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      • mckitterick

        December 8, 2005 at 6:43pm

        Say, Target (again) has loads of those! I’m not sure what I think of them, though, because they look… I dunno, fake but trying to look traditional. My little fiber-optic tree? Nothing traditional about it.

        Chris

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          allisonstein

          December 8, 2005 at 8:08pm

          Target? Really? Must go look…. just as soon as the streets thaw….

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