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Originally Posted by GraceKrispy
Oh yeah, and the tree (fake, always fake) goes up right around this time and goes down sometime after new yearʻs.
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The Tree!!! I was always a die hard "Its gotta be a REAL tree dammit!!"..........
Until the night I had to rush my 8 yr old daughter to emergency, wondering if we were going to make it before she died unable to breathe........
Turns out she had an allergy to an invisible mold that is rampant on many trees from the northwest......which is where our lot got theirs...
Seriously.......we were sitting by the tree, happily wrapping presents, and suddenly she starts wheezing.....which quickly turned into a "I can't catch my breath, mommy" in a tiny, scared voice.
Got to the ER.........she was give a shot of something, "ephridine" I think, and when they pulled up her shirt, she was covered in huge red welts, which disappeared before my eyes as her breathing improved.
The doc asked what we had been doing.......I explained and he told me about the trees.
Went home, she stayed in the car while I yanked that tree , lights, ornaments, tinsel and all, thru the doorway and out into the yard, then vacuumed and opened the windows.
The neighbors much have thought they were living next door to crazy people.