[Magdalen] Christmas Trees

[Jay Weigel]

When my friend Carol's kids were toddlers and she also had a cat, she put
the tree in the playpen. Our solution to the problem was to put nothing but
unbreakable ornaments on the bottom of the tree. After we had two small
children, however, we moved to a house with casement windows, so the late
ex would pass a wire around the tree and wrap each end of it around one of
the handles of the window the tree stood in front of. That served us well
for many years. When the kids were teenagers, we moved again. No more
casement windows. He solved the problem by taking a large heavy piece of
wood over an inch thick  and about 18 inches square and nailing a Christmas
tree stand to it. No tree *ever* went anyplace.

On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 6:32 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:

> We moved to Boston in 1968.
>
> That year we had a small Christmas tree.
> Every morning I picked it up and put it in the bathtub.
> (The bathroom was the only room with a door that closed).
>
> Then, when we got home from work, I'd pick it up and put it in the
> livingroom.
>
> That was the last year we had a Christmas tree,
> even though we no longer have a cat.
> -M
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 1:08 AM, Mahoney, W. Michael <wmmah at stoneledge.net
> >
> wrote:
>
> > I have been decorating Christmas trees for almost 70 years.
> >
> > I have been working on my 2016/2017 tree for two days.
> >
> > I am beginning to think that the Puritans were right.
> >
> > Mike M
> >
>