Or maybe I should say -
the demon lights…
Are you ready for a story
full of frustration and woe???
Meet… the demon tree.
Looks pretty good during the day.
It’s a 7’ Frasier fir
with a luscious aroma.
So, now begins the story…
of the demon tree.
For the last 25 years or so,
I’ve been in charge of
going out and buying the real tree,
driving it home, getting my husband
and sons to unwrap it, trim it and
get it in the stand and bring
it into the living room.
Then the rest is up to me!
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I get out the strings of lights,
plug them in and check each bulb,
then I start at the top and wind the
lights onto the tree, adding more
strings until I get it all done.
Then I always turn off the lights,
plug it in and admire my work.
And indeed, it was perfect!
For about 10 minutes.
Then suddenly as I am
hanging the ornaments,
half of the top string of
lights wink out.
WHAT IS THAT???????
So, I opened the plug and
replaced the tiny fuses and
plugged it back in…
This time the other half of the
strand that was dark is now lit,
but the part that was lit, is now dark.
So, I went to bed.
I was SOOOOOOOO done. :-(
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The next day after work, I got out a
brand new string of lights, plugged
them in and checked every bulb-
all of them worked perfectly.
So I took off the top defective
string and replaced them
with the new string.
And VOILA! :-)
It was perfectly beautiful!
For about 10 minutes.
Then the exact same thing
happened… half the
new strand winked out.
I sat down and laughed for awhile.
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Then, just for fun, I plugged
in the faulty string of lights I had
just removed from the tree.
And wouldn’t you know it-
EVERY SINGLE LIGHT WAS LIT!
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I’m thinking next year, we might
just buy our first PRE-LIT fake tree.
I now totally understand the phrase
B A H H U M B U G!!!!
Hope your decorating experience
this season is perfectly sane.
