Upon review, we concluded it did beautiful tree, the best we‘ve ever ha And bonus, Drew had no problem a needles i Mmsd n en ene o yleeretuy on YOU DIDN‘T WANT. WHAT MAKES IT So G NoOW®~ Fearing a scene, I gathered our little far summarize our findings. We wanted Scotch P Rick‘s neck, with more than three branches, n spray paint "And don‘t forget, Rick, a straight trunk. Dic we saw meet most if not all of those criteria?" ph0u0 " 1 TE APr 4 vem: n pialen oo h AEMETIEAT No Ww "s0 YOU WaNT THAT ONE APTER ALL, Do You> THAT‘S THE ONE I PICKED OUT HALF HOUR AGO BUT YOU DIDN‘T WANT. WHAT MAKES IT S0 GOOD.LOOKINC xAw>* Rick, it‘s not even up to your neck, and you always hack off 14 inches from the bottom in the name of allowing fresh water access. Sure it‘s a nice tree, if we‘re putting it on our coffee table. Now here, here‘s a great looking one." "Forget it, Beth, it‘s beautiful but â€"" "Crooked trunk?" "Stupid crooked trunk." Suddenly, a woman bristled by, daughter in tow. HOPL UUATH AGraaoes Gnpvuild on d C I Second Class Mail Registration Number 5540 Published every Wednesday by The Fairway Group Incor;-)oréted 215 Fairway Rd. S., Kitchener, %qmber 11, 1991 Waterloo Chronicle ‘How ‘bout this one, Mommy?" Gak‘ Charlie Brown would have sent it to the discard heap Although its three branches were a lovely shade of green, ‘Drew, where are you Drew, Drew, out of that pile, you‘ll get pine needles in your face, Drew, no Drew, stop eating the pine needles, Drew Hey, how about this one here, gang. Nice looker." "We know the do you ltke?" "How ‘bout th Gak‘ Charlie I because if father always us straight. If it‘s at the string in the Any tree va PAGE A4 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY Calegory ,Di»’d*e dre "It is December, Rick, it is Dee. 1, and while you‘ve been sleeping and watching NFL football I‘ve been taking care of two very good reasons to get out of the house and go get our tree today Now, if you care to â€"" ‘Let‘s go get the tree, Beth." And off we went to Christmas tree land, where we were enormously encouraged by the price, well under $20 for the pick of the lot Obviously, market influences. But with price no concern, the traditional questions loomed. What kind? Scotch Pine. spruce, fir? How big â€" ceiling height, my height, car trunk width? And the biggee â€" ‘it‘s flat as a pancake on one side now, but we‘re sure sir that once you get it home and inside, it will all out sracefully infto a perfectiv.lormaed tona" Wl Anl, 3. You can go to the country and cut down your own tree, which sounds like fun, but in reality loses a lot of the romanticism. Just like you lose a lot of skin off your knuckles. i You can go without a tree. Period. Well, hey, it‘s not law. The Campbells, well, we chose door No. 2, just as we have every year since Beth and I married. We want the smell of a real tree around the house at Christmas. This year. however, it was a good deal before Christmas. Like, Dec. 1. the day I reclined peacefully in front of the tube, basking in the afterglow of WLU‘s Vanier Cup win the previous day. "Can we go get our tree, today?" asked Beth everâ€"soâ€"quietly "Huh, why. why, it‘s not even December yet, it‘ll die before â€" The day came early at our house this year You know, time to do the Christmas tree thing. Basically, I estimate there are four routes you can go with Christmas trees. 1. You can purchase an artificial tree and, in 1991, be first on your block to be viewed as politically incorrect, from a longâ€"term environmental impact standpoint. 2. You can purchase a real tree down at the corner and wonder all the way home if the branches really are that green, or are they sprayâ€"painted? am Doesn Same ol‘ tune for O, Christmas tree O, Christmas tree ing in the world won‘t hold it y tree you want, Beth," I land. "just make sure the v. please, I think I‘ll choose in t as much matter what the always used to say, "just mal Minl o t s straight, it‘ll set straight trunk theory cluded it did so. It is now ours. A we‘ve ever had, as we say every year no problem at all digesting the pine w No on Maow eR mR IWl We wanted Scotch Pine, higher than Coupat o i a straight trunk, Didn‘t the first tree choose Seotch Pine to block. what thg tree itself looks like, Celing height, my height, car trunk s flat as a pancake on one side now, you get it home and inside, it will perfectlyâ€"formed tree.‘ Yes. Next THAT‘S LIFE make sure the stupid trunk is up in no time, but if it isn‘t, all rice, well under $20 for thep;cl; influences. But with price no ns loomed. What kind? Scotch , Ont. it up properly." â€" I said, coming back from â€"stupid trunk is straight, httle‘fa_mlly together to Rick. Jordan, which tree , no visible signs of DECEMBER 11, 1991 Continuous Winter 1992 Conestoga College q CAROL AROUND THE . 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