Quote Originally Posted by rosarugosa View Post
I have been surprised to see a couple of artificial trees being given away because the lights don't work anymore. I recall a time when tree and lights were two separate things, and if the lights didn't work, one bought new lights.
I have the same memories, rr. LOL.

I have to smoosh my tree to get it back into the box. No place to leave it standing all year, although I did visit a home in Oklahoma several years ago where the folks kept their tree up all year long! It did look nice. Not sure I want to sacrifice the room space, though. But... hmmm... maybe a smaller tree? LOL.