Ok, so I just realized that the tree is not lighted in this picture so there's that. But another bit of info is that the tree in the picture (at the tree farm) is not the same one that we brought home. We have gone for three years to the same tree farm to get our Christmas tree. This year, we found our tree took some pictures and cut it down. We put the tag on it and the guys take it to where you pay, they shake it out, bag it up and you grab it and pay by the height. Sounds simple right? That's what I thought so we went into their Christmas Cottage and looked at their merchandise. There was lots of cool stuff, but what I really liked were these boxes that have gold, frankenscence and myrrh. Really nice. Anyway, some time later we go to get our tree, but it's not there. There was a tree with a ticket that was almost the same as ours, I don't remember the exact numbers but it might have ended in 378 and ours was 387. At any rate, if someone had a moment of dyslexia, they might have paid for, and taken, the tree that we took our picture in front of. I was pretty upset and frustrated and frankly ready to go home, but I knew we didn't have another day where we'd be able to go. I work most weekends and with Carmen working days and me working evenings, it was really the last day to reasonably get a tree. So we trudged back out, searched for another tree, cut it down, and followed it the whole way this year.
As a note to Linda, there are tree stands which will adjust your tree for you. You lock the tree into one part which sits in the base. The base has a certain amount of swivel to it so that you can adjust as necessary. It's the best $30 investment on Christmas supplies that we've made.
