Saturday, January 10, 2009

Goodbye Tree.

Christmas tree: $120 plus carrying it home 1/4 mile and up four flights of stairs.
Decorations: $80 plus an afternoon of untangling lights and beads.
December Con Edison bill: $340 (I wish I was kidding).
Cost of taking a brittle dead tree down 4 flights of stairs: Blood, sweat, and tears.
Sitting by the lighted tree with my NY Family: Priceless.
Here are some photos of the evolution of our tree this year.
Perhaps this Youtube video better sums up our experience.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTs5eKZ0i1E

Outside our apartment after carrying the tree from 110th and Broadway.

Thanksgiving day taking a mid-decorating break

Getting ready to carry the tree out in a sheet (in order to avoid leaving a trail of needles throughout the building).

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