Flocked Christmas Tree Ideas That Made Me Change My Mind About Everything

I used to think flocked trees were a bit much.

Every time I saw one in a shop or online, it looked like a snow machine had gone off and nobody stopped it in time. Not for me, I thought. Absolutely not for me.

Then Maria saw one at her grandmother Zina’s house and decided, with the kind of certainty only a nine-year-old has, that this was the only tree she wanted for Christmas that year. Not presents. The tree. She said it looked “like a real winter.”

So I ordered one. Tasos made dinner while I put it together on a Tuesday evening, and Marina handed me branches in the wrong order the entire time.

Then I turned the lights on.

I have not used a different tree since.

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