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Some enterprising company should set up a flat bed truck that would troll through neighborhoods looking for people who want to buy Christmas trees. The trees would be set up beforehand and come with and without lights. All of the other paraphenalia associated with the holiday would also be offered
during this ones-stop shopping. I know I'd be willing to flag down the truck and have them stick the tree in my house for an extra 20 or 30 bucks. It would cut down on several trips to various stores that I know have to make to put all the pieces together.
Home of Buckley's Mixture
http://www.buckleys.com/index.html
It tastes terrible...but it works! [Canuck, Dec 09 2006]
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So, people insert the christmas trees into
one end of the truck, after christmas, and
these are converted into ice creams which
become available at the other end? Very
novel, and a much-needed adornment to
life today in the modern city. |
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That's what I thought when I first read this idea, too. In Canada, we have a cough medicine called Buckley's which tastes somewhat like what I imagine a pureed pine tree would. Or Xmas Tree Ice Cream, although the broken ornaments and lights would add an unexpected crunchiness. |
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And they are proud of it! Check out their website at the link. |
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As for the merits of the actual idea, well a google search turned up florists, interior design companies, garden centres, and a bunch of enterprising individuals who offer home delivery of nearly any size tree fully lit and deocrated. Some of them will even pick the tree up after Xmas and dispose of it for you. But forget the $20 - $30 category, we're talking $70 and up. |
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This is a great idea, particularly with the potential addition of post-holiday pickup! |
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As a side-business, they could also sell strings of lights, ornaments, tree-stands and other Tannenbaum-related paraphenalia. |
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And as for [Canuck]'s assertion about the... woodsy... taste of Buckleys; I have to wholeheartedly agree. It's nasty stuff... but somewhat christmas-y. |
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I'd use the service, especially if they picked them up and recycled them at the end. Beats dragging one home in my little granny shopping trolley (or on the bus) and then feeling really guilty because they won't recycle trees from apartment buildings where I live.
They'd have a heck of a time though, because our road is a major thoroughfare and even the ice cream vans don't come through. |
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Speaking of Christmassy ice cream, I understand it's possible to get Christmas Pudding Ice cream here in the UK, though why anyone would want it is beyond me. |
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very misleading title...no ice cream anywhere...I pictured a large pine tree on wheels, lift a branch to order, a little elf peeks out to deliver your ice cream and then the big tree moves on... |
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The title should read "Mobile Christmas
Tree Vendor". This is a great idea. I just
set my tree up a couple of hours ago. If
they would set it up and take it down
without me having to clean up any
needles, I'd go for it. |
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