Your description is ... ummm ... HILARIOUS! ~ I can only imagine how stressed you are ~ my next-younger sister was married to a guy who celebrated Christmas ~ and she really got into it, mostly because it was new and novel to her ~ that lasted MAYBE 3 years ~ I think that was maybe the year her then-3yo son [my adored nephew Zachary, who is now 21] was chasing the dog and they managed to knock over a 7', fully-decorated, tree ~ I think it was that same year that, with 20 people expected for dinner, we had ordered a honey-baked ham ~ and when we opened the package Christmas morning to get it into the oven, our honey-baked ham turned out to be a smoked turkey breast ~ and all the "fixins" we were preparing were geared to ham ~ ~ but your prospect of 6 weeks of solitude makes it ALMOST sound like a good trade-off ~

Hang in there, kiddo ~ I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO happy it's not me ~

Fluffy, this is specifically for YOU ~ if you get 6 weeks of solitude for your hard work, I'm thinking this woman is entitled to, oh say, 5 years of solitude ~ ~ are you feeling a bit like ... ummm ... a lightweight now??? ~ LOL ~ Sooz

Bren Knox said her home's Christmas trees began to multiply 11 years ago when her daughter requested a tree in her bedroom to help her sleep while Knox was out of town, WFMY-TV, Greensboro, N.C., said Wednesday.

During the ensuing years, Knox said she added tree after tree to the home and began creating themes for each of the holiday items. Among the themes featured in the Knox home are chef and fruit-themed trees.

"When people hear how many trees I have in my home, they think I'm crazy," the mother of two said. "But once they come in, they say it is the most magnificent, beautiful thing they've ever seen."

Knox, who occasionally holds open houses to showcase her tree collection, told WFMY-TV her favorite tree contains items her children personally made.

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2008/12/18/ ... 229621947/