Drabble by Kevin Fagan for December 29, 2022

sighs I’ll get the vacuum cleaner.

It’s easier to take the decorations off like that

This way Ralph you won’t miss any ornaments.

from champion to Charlie Brown in one move

Just before you came in, Ralph, the tree was saying the same thing about you.

It looks like time to turn that tree into mulch!

Think how long it would last planted in the forest, converting CO2 into O2 for all living creatures.

Wait’ll Honeybunch sees what you’ve done. Ralphie boy!

And this, folks, is why you invest once in an artificial tree and keep it for a lifetime.

It’s not even New Year’s, let alone Twelfth Night.

Mine stays up till after Serb Christmas, every year

He had to remove that one bulb that was holding the tree together… smh

Good timing, but it could have waited until it was out the door.

Even though I try to keep our tree watered so the sap doesn’t seep down and waterproof the bottom, I failed again this year. I takes a little water but not nearly as much as the first two days. Needles are stiff and falling at a good rate.

Needles fall off too soon.

Didn’t any of you water the tree?

On the bright side, all the needles are right there in a nice easy-to-clean-up pile, instead of in a long track out the front door and down to the street.

Ralph obviously hasn’t watered that tree since he set it up.