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How do you get your Christmas tree?

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LoathesRaisins
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Do you go out Into the Wild and cut one down? Do you go to a tree farm and cut one down? Do you buy a pre-cut one? Flock it?
I'm trying to get the family to go out and chop one down with me this year, but the only problem is most of the trees that you can cut down have been killed by the bark beetle infestation. So I'll probably just end up being boring and buying a pre-cut one.

What do you guys do?
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Dec 9 2012 12:36PM
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BertBoyd
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Go to a farm a cut it down
Dec 9 2012 12:37PM
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momentz
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I go to a tree farm and chop my tree down!
Dec 9 2012 12:37PM
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Ehh...
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I pick one out of the lot and take it home. Bitches be getting wet over that pine smell. Its the smell of real chirstmas.
Dec 9 2012 12:39PM
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Juicy-J
Posts: 1900 - Karma: 1,764
venture into the unknown wilderness and capture the elusive christmas tree, the wild ones are better than farm ones
Dec 9 2012 12:41PM
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Bread_Fish
Posts: 760 - Karma: 71
i must venture into the deep depths of sears to obtain my %100 fake christmas tree
Dec 9 2012 12:44PM
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jcc03skis
Posts: 1002 - Karma: 1,020
I must venture into the deep depths of yo momma.
Dec 9 2012 12:45PM
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LoathesRaisins
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Yeah you get better tea w/ the needles from the wild ones.
Dec 9 2012 12:46PM
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Turner.
Posts: 1986 - Karma: 11,881
Hilarious Into The Wild plug.

We venture all the way to the tennis courts behind my high school to fetch our tree, and in so doing support the athletics department.
Dec 9 2012 12:46PM
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forrest-cole
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Go into the woods, find a massive tree, cut that bitch down. then chop the top of it off, boom perfect christmas tree!
Dec 9 2012 12:47PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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i have a fake tree. no watering. no mess. i can reuse it every year. actually, i wouldnt evem put it up if it wasnt for my girl. my old roommate and i never put one up....not because im a scrooge, im just lazy.
Dec 9 2012 12:52PM
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LoathesRaisins
Posts: 3612 - Karma: 4,735
The tree makes the house/apartment smell good though. Go get a damn tree!
Dec 9 2012 12:54PM
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Chief.Queef
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My friend unbeknownst to him cut down a tree that was on the edge of a cemetery. he wanted to get a real tree for his family b/c they have some pretty significant financial issues and cant afford a nice one. cops showed up at his house a week ago and now he has a $350 fine and another court date.
Dec 9 2012 12:57PM
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Deluge
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If you dont have a real tree YOU DONT HAVE CHRISTMAS
Dec 9 2012 12:59PM
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LoathesRaisins
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That sucks. He should go dig a hole and put it back.
Dec 9 2012 12:59PM
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jalty03
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i work for a company that trims and removes trees near powerlines so if i find a nice one while working i throw some red tape around it and cut it down later. i try to find spruces. prefer them over pine.
Dec 9 2012 1:00PM
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Chief.Queef
Posts: 4427 - Karma: 381
Hahahah yea we have gone through a lot of ideas like this. Like since when do christmas tress cost 350?
Dec 9 2012 1:01PM
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NinetyFour
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We were actually going to hack the top off one of our backyard spruces last year but my sisters self-diagnosed 'allergies' have prevented us from doing so...

We have a fake tree an it's meh...
Dec 9 2012 1:07PM
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LoathesRaisins
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$350 is a bit ridiculous for a tree that's only going to get used for a few weeks.
Dec 9 2012 1:12PM
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BrewskiJr
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We chop down our own from a tree farm. BLUE SPRUCES ONLY! LONG NEEDLED TREES SUCK
Dec 9 2012 1:15PM
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Dunnah
Posts: 1215 - Karma: 277
I go down to the basement, carry up a large box and piece together the tree because its artificial and both of my parents are allergic to pine trees. Strangely enough, I'm not though
Dec 9 2012 1:18PM
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Funnel
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I just go out to the garage, bring the box inside, open it up, set it up, then plug 'er in!
Dec 9 2012 2:36PM
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steezysteeze
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And then used for a lifetime.
Dec 9 2012 2:39PM
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ihitchadsgap
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go into the basement

rip it out of the box

bend all the branches into shape

and your done

Dec 9 2012 2:40PM
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Round-Four
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we go to a farm. we always get the biggest, fattest ones we can possibly fit. and we bring our own saw, for street cred.
Dec 9 2012 3:13PM
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Bumblesteeze
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Exact same here. Spruce trees are the way to go, Christmas pine trees look terrible...
Dec 9 2012 3:18PM
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corona
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dirty hippy
Dec 9 2012 3:18PM
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steezbox
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I go to a tree farm with the family. I like getting a real tree. It makes my house smell really nice and christmas-y.
Dec 9 2012 3:22PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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my house already smells good!! why waste money on a messy ass fire hazard when a fake tree serves the same purpose.
Dec 9 2012 5:16PM
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E-Nix
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Tree farm for now, once I have a family and house we are going to get our tree Chevy Chase Christmas Vacation style.
Dec 9 2012 5:23PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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bullshit!!
Dec 9 2012 5:24PM
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[hamnuts]
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we take it out of its box in the basement and set it up.

my dad has terrible allergies so no real trees at my house :(
Dec 9 2012 5:28PM
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Spinoza
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Buy it from a dude at the plaza near my house: always a Balsom fir.
Around $60
Dec 9 2012 5:30PM
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HWW
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chop it down myself
Dec 9 2012 5:35PM
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ILLinoisance
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with a chainsaw in the driveway, of course.
Dec 9 2012 5:36PM
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Sno.
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I split my V, I dot my I, I curve my CTORY...

oh wait, that's victory.

Dec 9 2012 5:38PM
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No.Quarter
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I get my trees at this kind of sketch place called the "crawlspace". You guys probably never have heard of it though, it's pretty underground.
Dec 9 2012 5:42PM
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last_tango
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I got this mini pine looking shrub thing for a tree. I have no room in my tiny ass studio appartmen for a real tree.
Dec 9 2012 5:43PM
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Brenone
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Walked down the street to the guy selling them on the corner, picked one out and carried it home. Took about all of 8 minutes.
Dec 9 2012 5:45PM
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a_burger
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$20 at the nearest X-mas tree shop. We used to cut them down near our house but it kind of stopped being worth the effort (and we pretty much exterminated all but a few of the suitable trees)
Dec 9 2012 5:45PM
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JAHpow
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My family and I usually go cut one down at a tree farm. This year though we got a pre-cut. I hate artificial trees, gotta have that real pine smell.
Dec 9 2012 5:46PM
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lukewalnuts
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go downstairs and get it out of the box...
Dec 9 2012 5:51PM
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LoathesRaisins
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No, with a chainsaw in the middle of the living room.
Dec 9 2012 5:57PM
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rzarector
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my family used to cut our own from a tree farm but they got some raggity ass trees so now we just buy them from the grocery store. less work for a better tree.
Dec 9 2012 6:01PM
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stupendous-man
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My town is legitimately the christmas tree farming capitol of the state, if not the country. So i can just go to any number of my non-inner city (its funny cause there's less than 300 people) friends houses and go grab a tree and they don't care...
Dec 9 2012 6:43PM
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TechnoPotamus
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we just put up a festivus pole and if anybody asks what it is we beat the shit out of them, thus displaying our feats of strength

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A FESTIVUS for the REST OF US
Dec 9 2012 6:47PM
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ForeverYung
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Balsom fir ftw. But around here they are 30 bucks for an 8 footer
Dec 9 2012 7:03PM
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Phil-X-
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Hes not paying for the tree, hes paying a fine for cutting a tree down. Its not like they just sent him an invoice for a tree. BTW how did they catch him?
Dec 9 2012 7:29PM
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K-Dot.
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I fucking hate the book into the wild. Sorry op
Dec 9 2012 7:30PM
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Leafs2323
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This

Dec 9 2012 7:31PM
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LoathesRaisins
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Oh, I see.
Dec 9 2012 7:32PM
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