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Bringing home Treezilla '05. Mike had to drive home really slow. He got this sucker at a tree farm down near the Berwick Nuclear Power Plant. No wonder its mutant.I'm surprised it doesnt glow. Heh, I wouldnt need to put lights on it then!

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Thankfully none of our neighbors were home. Usually the whole street comes out to view the spectacle of the Mulvey Christmas tree.

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Mike called his friend Pete to come over to help. Pete is also a fireman. I suggested he bring over the whole fire department. Thankfully it didnt come to that.

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I thought for sure I would be asking Santa for a new door for Christmas

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Jimmy and Pete try to pull it in.

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Pulling about 500 lbs of tree. Ok, maybe 300 lbs.

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Its in! Now what?

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We all just stood there staring at it for awhile.

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They got it up in the stand but the trunk took up the entire tree stand. No room for water.

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I called my Dad, aka Macguyver, to come over and help us figure out what to do with Treezilla

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Jimmy loosens the bolts so we can put it back down and cut about 2 feet off.

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I got bored and found Binog cozied up on my Santa towels. Isnt she cute?

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Ok, its back up! And the ropes are coming off! The bottom branches didnt start falling until they cut the rope halfway up the tree! I had to leave the room, I was afraid they would take out my windows.

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Down they come!

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Wow. Thats one big tree.

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It literally takes up half the living room.

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View from the balcony is nothing but green!

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Mike is so proud. He said this picture is for Gayle.

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Connor made this angel in an art class he is taking.