This lone
solitary item has ambushed more pleasant Christmas memories than any
belligerent four year old at Grandma’s house ever could.
The
stands of yesteryear applied physics to the situation; three points of pressure
should hold the tree up, right? The math is sound, the theory is correct; but
nobody told the tree, and sometimes over it would go. If it hit the cat on the
way down there was a very brief momentary smile, but very brief.
It
seemed that the bigger the tree the more likely the stand was just for watering
and you’d be roping it to the walls for stability. A five gallon pail at this
point would have been a better choice; it would have at least cut down on the
watering trips, and the size of the water stain would have been greatly reduced.
But alas,
there is bright spot upon the horizon of this necessary evil that would rob us
of the joy brought forth in this season; the center post tree stand. A lot of
tree places have this system, whether it’s a tree lot or a farm.
The
design is simple, three outward legs all welded to a tapered pin. The tapered
pin is the key to this whole thing. A tapered drill bit is used to make a
tapered hole in the bottom of your selection that has been placed atop the
machine that does the drilling. You stand back, and tell the person holding
your tree, when it is upright and straight atop this drilling machine. You give
the nod and he drills the hole. If seasonal eggnog is consumed prior to this activity
the vertical posture of your tree could be greatly compromised.
The best
part of this stand is when you get it home; you just lay the tree on its side,
pop the stand and its very generous bowl into the drilled hole, and stand it
up; Walla! Dad’s happy, Mom’s relieved, the Kids breath a little easier, and
the cat and its possible misfortune is
no longer the reason for that brief
momentary smile.
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