tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post8875699609476114549..comments2024-03-28T00:01:43.037-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: Adieu, C.T.O.U.S.Grimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-30559435948179460902013-01-04T01:40:43.402-05:002013-01-04T01:40:43.402-05:00Loving the season as we do, we try to get a tree a...Loving the season as we do, we try to get a tree a little early (a couple weeks before) though sometimes it's been as late as a few days before, and leave it till epiphany. I see that appears to be common here. Besides the ecclesiastical significance of Epiphany, I figure you put all that work into putting it up, might as well enjoy it for a while.<br /><br />As for dying out, I've found that when we bring the tree home, trimming the bottom inch (at least) from the trunk, and perhaps some of the lower branches, you improve the ability of the tree to take up water for a period of time. I've honestly not noticed a benefit from adding plant food or sugar and asprin to the water. I suppose LED lights would greatly reduce any fire risk as they can't break (exposing live wires) and don't generate much heat.douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17261739259295914188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-56082413480975187352012-12-29T13:00:39.041-05:002012-12-29T13:00:39.041-05:00Like Eric Blair, we trim late and dismantle late, ...Like Eric Blair, we trim late and dismantle late, in deference to old custom.<br /><br />I can't imagine why those on school schedule would do anything different. You get to see the tree while you're home.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-13125001252015605372012-12-28T02:53:57.989-05:002012-12-28T02:53:57.989-05:00We take ours down after New Years.
Change of subje...We take ours down after New Years.<br />Change of subject- Grimm, are you still in contact with Doc Russia, he of Bloodletting fame?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-74848783832450176092012-12-27T18:08:39.032-05:002012-12-27T18:08:39.032-05:00Dad always took the tree down on New Year's da...Dad always took the tree down on New Year's day, and burned it in the fireplace. <br /><br />We have a plastic tree and my wife likes it to stay up until after Chinese New year. No problem, we've got the room. Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13946193679461113584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-80560785468870612312012-12-27T17:58:13.632-05:002012-12-27T17:58:13.632-05:00On or soon after the Feast of the Epithany (Jan. 6...On or soon after the Feast of the Epithany (Jan. 6th), when the Christmas season is over. I'm Episcopalian, for what that's worth.RonFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346484258194484053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-43608957227640705882012-12-26T21:50:16.539-05:002012-12-26T21:50:16.539-05:00Well, it's only the tree that we've taken ...Well, it's only the tree that we've taken down. The other stuff will stay up until Epiphany. The tree just got too dry to be safe.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-27810891389224404512012-12-26T19:58:56.540-05:002012-12-26T19:58:56.540-05:00After Epiphany. We have a faux fir, so needle shed...After Epiphany. We have a faux fir, so needle shed is no problem. <br /><br />LittleRed1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-81120656867027037012012-12-26T18:04:32.342-05:002012-12-26T18:04:32.342-05:00When we lived in Las Cruces, we used live trees. ...When we lived in Las Cruces, we used live trees. The decorations went up roughly a week before Christmas, and they came back down when we felt like it--generally at the end of the New Year's work break. <br /><br />Then the tree stayed indoors until early spring, at which point we took it out of its pot and planted it outdoors. Since we used Afghan pines for this, we got hardy trees and wound up with a small copse of trees in our back yard over the time we lived there.<br /><br />Eric HinesE Hineshttp://aplebessite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-17562456941471627052012-12-26T17:47:24.163-05:002012-12-26T17:47:24.163-05:00I'm old fashioned (real old fashioned) -- I wa...I'm old fashioned (<i>real</i> old fashioned) -- I wait until Epiphany (6 January).<br /><br />http://plbirnamwood.blogspot.com/2012/01/happy-epiphany-original-intent-and.html Nicholas Darkwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08528074184196122196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-34398310523619201062012-12-26T17:27:34.583-05:002012-12-26T17:27:34.583-05:00We get the tree not more than a week before Christ...We get the tree not more than a week before Christmas day. (Usually because if one waits any longer, there are no decent trees left.) And like they did in the old country, (or at least like my grandparents used to) we decorate it on Christmas eve. It stays decorated for the 12 days of Christmas. <br /><br />I confess that I don't understand the rush to put the decorations up right after Thanksgiving and then take them down as soon as possible after Christmas day. I won't be herded by the shopkeepers. Eric Blairnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-44461116227756761102012-12-26T14:01:31.229-05:002012-12-26T14:01:31.229-05:00Normally we'd leave ours up into the New Year....Normally we'd leave ours up into the New Year. This year, however, it didn't even make it to Christmas: the tree dried out so fast that it became a significant fire hazard a week out. I judged it was necessary to dispose of it because all the limbs had become brittle, the needles were brown, and it seemed likely to burn down the house if it became warm.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.com