the tree

Ok so the tree story is.... Mum had been nagging our neighbour for a few weeks to take her out to cut down a tree for christmas ( which there are plenty of around here) but he never had time. So dad and mum venture off with Jackson and go cut thier own down, goodness knows where from. Then my dad, and if you know him you can relate, got on his high hourse and was defiant in not putting the tree in water as he said they don't need it ( but really what would he know he has lived in the desert for 30 + years). After yelling at mum for a while because 'he is right', by the way mum always wanted a fake one. Dean came home from work and gently (as he does) suggested that he put it in water as it will wilt. So dad and Dean constructed the smallest contraption of a container for this poor tree with the tiniest amount of room for water, but Dean was too scared to argue with dad. So the story goes their free tree died because of lack of water. Dad was wrong and mum had a pitiful tree. So, as my dad does he took mum shopping and ended up spending over $300 dollars on this beautiful fake tree. The moral of the story is to listen to your wifes!!!