Sunday, December 03, 2006
The Watts' 2006 Christmas Tree
Ok, like everything that the Watts' do, there is a story......
This is the official Christmas tree from Hell! It has been an eventful nightmare. Although, being the persistant person that I am, I was determined, that I would win and that my bargain tree would be beautiful. It took weeks to accomplish but it has been a success............and so the story goes.......
2 years ago, the day after Christmas, I was again, determined to get a bargain. I did, on this tree. It is a 9 foot tree. #1 problem, it's NOT pre-lit. Last year we struggled but we got it up and got lights on it. Although, I was never satisfied that there were enough lights. So last year, the day after Christmas I purchased the additional lights that would be needed for this year's tree. Oh, boy... do we have lights.... thousands of them! We also decided that this years tree needed to be on a timer. After putting the tree together limb by limb (3hour+ job), we also, limb by limb placed our lights. Each limb has lights and each row holds a strand of white lights all the way to the top. We were done and ready for plug in..... but..when we plugged it all up, the lights came on and they were beautiful.... although......... they went off as quickly as they came on. We had blown a fuse and the plug in was hot to the touch. Oh how our firefighter friends would have gone completely nuts! We had a major problem and my angel had not even been plugged in or even put on the tree. So, we redirected a few strands to another socket. This seemed to work. We all decorated the tree, carefully placing all the special ornaments in just the right place. After that was done, we lit the tree... poof.. the lights went out. Another fuse and then another. Our tree was driving David insane! We headed out to purchase extension cords and a power strip. To date, that has worked and my angel has found her home, right on top! This picture is without the angel, but I will soon get a new pic to post......................there you have it.... our Christmas tree for 2006! Never a dull moment! David never claimed to be an electrician!
# posted by Christy @ 3:36 PM 
