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How long do you think I can get away with keeping our Christmas tree up before the wife tells me to take it down?

posted 2 years ago by AndyKing1967 (35057)
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Let’s take bets. I’ll let you know who wins [Updated]: -
Jan 21 chilone
Jan 22 hownos
Jan 23 ShogunofYonkers
Jan 25 Kawada_Kira
Jan 29 actionkamen
Jan 30 jonathan_k80
Jan 31 AnubisRaydeen
Feb 01 Me
Feb 02 LauraGrace
Feb 03 PaladinNJ
Feb 04 samoanjoes
Feb 05 Daft_Monks
Feb 06 overseas7
Feb 08 Capnbucky
Feb 09 Mrmojo470
Feb 12 MonStar
Feb 14 102000
Feb 25 StoneKeeper
Mar 01 huwdj
Apr 02 Boromir
Jul 04 aliensalmon
Dec 25 Allaby

LATEST - Today (Jan 25th) my daughter said, "Why's the tree still up, it's weird!" I think it's just a matter of time now, lol.

STOP PRESS - IT’S DOWN!
I therefore declare MonStar and 10200 joint winners as they were the closest.

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[–] Kawada_Kira (7282) 2 years ago

January 25.

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[–] AndyKing1967 (35057) 2 years ago

It's still up, lol.

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[–] Kawada_Kira (7282) 2 years ago

The day isn't over yet. :P

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[–] AndyKing1967 (35057) 2 years ago

It is now ☹️

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[–] Kawada_Kira (7282) 2 years ago

Damn! lol

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[–] tcrum (30499) 2 years ago

Hilarious...I had a small tree I bought 1 week before Christmas, and it went brown the day after Christmas. Its so dry here:)

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[–] AndyKing1967 (35057) 2 years ago

We were in Egypt 🇪🇬.

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[–] tcrum (30499) 2 years ago

So the tree was soaking up all the wet weather you had in England, is that why its still alive?

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[–] AndyKing1967 (35057) 2 years ago

It’s a fake one.

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[–] AndyKing1967 (35057) 2 years ago

What date shall I put you down for?

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[–] Capnbucky (2218) 2 years ago

Really ??

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[–] AndyKing1967 (35057) 2 years ago

Yes, we were there for a month. I did a few posts cataloging our adventures.

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[–] Capnbucky (2218) 2 years ago

It’s still up ?

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[–] AndyKing1967 (35057) 2 years ago

Shush! 🤫 Don’t let my wife hear.

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[–] AndyKing1967 (35057) 2 years ago

So what date would like me to put you down for?

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[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

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[–] AnubisRaydeen (7897) 2 years ago

It's so crazy how many people are really like this.

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[–] AndyKing1967 (35057) 2 years ago

Triple jabbed and adhering to the law.

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[–] AnubisRaydeen (7897) 2 years ago

No. I mean how many people are like hellofaplanet.

>single jabbed and no longer trust any authority

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[–] AndyKing1967 (35057) 2 years ago

My apologies, I got the wrong end of the stick.

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[–] AndyKing1967 (35057) 2 years ago

Triple jabbed and adhering to the law.

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[–] jonathan_k80 (6436) 2 years ago

I thought you were the guy who was never home for Christmas.

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[–] AndyKing1967 (35057) 2 years ago

That’s right, we were in Egypt for a month, so I put it up in November.

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[–] AndyKing1967 (35057) 2 years ago

What date shall I put you down for?

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[–] jonathan_k80 (6436) 2 years ago

January 30.

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[–] AndyKing1967 (35057) 2 years ago

It’s still up.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (73639) 2 years ago

Your wife writes the list of the food things and runs the place of the cooking…You will cave soon😬

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[–] AndyKing1967 (35057) 2 years ago

For some reason it hasn't registered on her radar yet. I'm just keeping quiet to see how long it'll last.

Anyway, what date shall I put you down for?

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (73639) 2 years ago

Jan 25th

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[–] AndyKing1967 (35057) 2 years ago

Already nabbed (I’ve made a list in the main post).

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (73639) 2 years ago

Oh, I see…

January 23 then👍

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[–] AndyKing1967 (35057) 2 years ago

It's still up, lol.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (73639) 2 years ago

You’re smashing the record!

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[–] AndyKing1967 (35057) 2 years ago

I’m going to turn it into a Chinese New Year tree, lol.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (73639) 2 years ago

Creative Andy😃

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[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

Jan 22.

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[–] AndyKing1967 (35057) 2 years ago

It's still up, lol.

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[–] Mrmojo4700 (20765) 2 years ago

3 more weeks

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[–] AndyKing1967 (35057) 2 years ago

I'll put you down for Feb 9th.

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[–] AndyKing1967 (35057) 2 years ago

It’s still up.

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[–] Mrmojo4700 (20765) 2 years ago

Omg! Are there any needles left???

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[–] AndyKing1967 (35057) 2 years ago

It’s plastic.

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[–] Mrmojo4700 (20765) 2 years ago

You guys don’t cut your own trees in sunny Bournemouth? 😀

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[–] AndyKing1967 (35057) 2 years ago

Oh god no.

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[–] Mrmojo4700 (20765) 2 years ago

Some people here actually leave their artificial trees up and then during this time decorate them for Mardi Gras.

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[–] AndyKing1967 (35057) 2 years ago

Excellent idea💡

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[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

Until next Christmas.

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[–] AndyKing1967 (35057) 2 years ago

What date would you like?

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[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

December 25 😏

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[–] AndyKing1967 (35057) 2 years ago

Surely, if my plan works and I get to that date, it'll just rollover into 2023. Don't forget we're never here in December, so you may want to reconsider.

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[–] actionkamen (23176) 2 years ago

Well, Feb 1st is a good bet because it's the Chinese New Year. A Christmas tree would look out of place among the red lanterns.

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[–] AndyKing1967 (35057) 2 years ago

I've already bagged Feb 1st, what shall I put you down for?

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[–] actionkamen (23176) 2 years ago

Jan 31st then.

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[–] AndyKing1967 (35057) 2 years ago

AnuibsRaydean has that.
jonathan_80 has Jan 30th

Jan 29th is free.
Feb 2nd is also free.

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[–] actionkamen (23176) 2 years ago

Jan 29th it is.

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[–] AndyKing1967 (35057) 2 years ago

It’s still up.

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[–] Capnbucky (2218) 2 years ago

I’ll take feb 8

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