Oh Christmas Tree! Poor Christmas Tree!

Since we can't going anywhere this year on account of my being shaped like a whale, we decided to get a real tree this year. So, out we went the Saturday after Thanksgiving to get a tree. Naturally, my visions of Hollywood worthy fun family time picking out the tree and singing carols on the way home were dashed by the stark reality that my kids could have cared less which tree we picked out. They were more into running around and attempting to get lost in the fake tree forest. I will admit, after asking them about 2 million times to please stay by us so they wouldn't get lost, I began to contemplate how bad would it actually be if they did get lost.

I know...I'm the epitomy of a role-model parent.

After wondering around for about 15-20 minutes, we finally found a tree that would probably fit in our living room and only take up about 1/3 of the leg room space in front of the couch.

Pretty, huh.

Since we were "going green" we decided to further help the environment and switch to LED lights. They don't burn as hot so the tree won't burn out and they use a lot less energy. We got some pretty bulbs and we, I mean our resident pack mule we named Daddy, lite up the tree.

Hanging the ornaments.

The tree looked good, so we turned off all the house lights and turned on the tree.

Um, something isn't right here. This doesn't look like a Christmas tree. It looks like it belongs on top of a Las Vegas casino.

Have you ever been driving and passed a car going the opposite direction who had LED headlights? They are the ones with the brilliant, bright, white-almost-blueish lights.

Well folks, that is what's on our Christmas tree. No soft glow. Just bright, white-almost-blueish lights. Our tree looks like it is being run through some kind of hospital sterilization procedure.

But we sure aren't un-decorating the entire tree just to fix it. Next year we'll add the bright white lights to our exterior illumination scheme. They should blend nicely with the 8 foot inflatable snowman and lit candy cane path. In the meantime, instead of basking in the soft glow of our Christmas tree, we will sleep peacefully knowing we sacrificed in the name of "going green."

ps- I took picutres, but they don't translate into film well. Sorry. Just imajine.