Christmas trees

Even during normal years, it depends what type of evergreen it is too.

When I was younger, a real spruce (short needles many branches vs pine) would bother my sinuses.

But a longer needled pine would not. Small pines are rather scraggly looking, so my parents liked spruce.

I mostly noticed the difference at my friends homes who had pine as xmas trees....it was a relief.

Stored in warehouses? Hu....I never thought of that; since both are natural here, no need to store them. Not far from tree farms to the yard/garden stores either, can also just go to the many tree farms and cut your own a few weeks before. I forgot many are trucked out of state.

There is a difference in smell of the specific tree species to though; regardless where purchased, which was one of my points.

So two things possibly going on:
1) if it was a moldy stored tree
2) and species

I cant say if I was technically algeric to spruce (maybe?), but it certainly did not agree with my sinuses.

I have bad mold issues, so no live trees for us for years now. I do look at them, though, as I miss having a tree. The grocery store got theirs in way early - before Thanksgiving - and they’re directly in the sun. They got some tiny trees, too, that are scotch pine, I think. I looked at them, thinking I might get one for outside. However, when I looked closer, the trunks on most of them had lots of dark gray or blackish areas that looked like mold. Pass.

We previously kept our artificial tree stored in a cardboard box in basement but then began finding some mold under cardboard boxes there when things were especially damp. Now we have rid our basement of most if not all cardboard boxes on the floor and keep tree in a plastic tub. I tolerate the artificial tree but am sure I couldn't tolerate a real tree because of the smell.

I would think artificial trees would usually be better option for sensitive people.

Ive never had a tree in my house, I just look out at my yard. lol.

This reminds me , I have not yet put the solar lights on my little white pine in the front yard yet. My little spruce was better suited years ago, but its too tall now.

Nothing like waiting till the last weekend! x-mas next week..wow, time flies!

I hear ya Denise! After a while you gotta say **** it! My father and I asked my mom multiple times if she wanted us to get rid of the tree and it made her more angry and she said absolutely not!

I didn't mean to scare or annoy anyone either this and be all gloom and doom.

I have a fake tree in my bedroom, it's a pencil tree. My parent's always do a real tree as will I when I eventually move out.

The pine needles contain shikimic acid. You can make tea out of it.
It's good for covid vaccine side effects as it reduces spike proteins.

However, be careful, there are poisonous pine needles and they are hard to identify.

A safer bed would be star anise, also for the shikimic acid.

>>>> " Oseltamivir contains shikimic acid, which is also derived from star anise. Thymol, carvacrol, which are monoterpenoids and geraniol, which is an acyclic monoterpene alcohol possess a broad range of activities. They are majorly present in essential oil extracted from plants belonging to Lamiaceae and Geraniaceae family respectively. The phenol ring structure with an addition of hydroxyl group renders them highly efficient antivirals"

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmc7334662/

Sunflower1920 said...
I hear ya Denise! After a while you gotta say **** it! My father and I asked my mom multiple times if she wanted us to get rid of the tree and it made her more angry and she said absolutely not!

I didn't mean to scare or annoy anyone either this and be all gloom and doom.

I have a fake tree in my bedroom, it's a pencil tree. My parent's always do a real tree as will I when I eventually move out.

Hi Sunflower, you didn't scare or annoy me. It's just that for the past year or so I feel that ever since covid arrived that there has been too much control in the world and that frustrates me. I'm just tired of it all and just want to enjoy life as much as I'm "allowed" to. I'm glad I don't live in NYC as there are so many regulations. Even in my old age there's a part of me that still rebels even just hearing about it.

So, what you said about the trees is fine as there are many people who are sensitive and really can't have a tree. I get that. Also I didn't know what DM 1 meant, duh! I had to google it and I'm guessing your Mom has diabetes type 1 which I'm very sorry. I do like your Mom's attitude about not getting rid of the tree, lol!

I'm of the mindset where I refuse to let anything define who I am, whether it's moldy trees, a broken arm, sprained wrist, etc. Even when I was sick with lyme I wouldn't let it define me. I'm a human being first and everything after that comes second. When I was at my worst with lyme and bedridden I did things that made me happy (i.e.: I remember crocheting angels because I enjoyed it).

When I would fall down I would lay on the floor and start laughing at myself. Yeah, I'm a little crazy can you tell? Hey, at 65 years old I earned the right to be a bit nutsy! People who act normal bore me. I'll take crazy over normal any day.

Girlie, that is funny about your husband eating Christmas cookies while you decorate the tree! My 1st husband was the opposite, he loved to decorate the tree and house (he even put wrapping paper on all the doors) while I was in the kitchen cooking and baking. Our house looked like a winter wonderland!

Enough rambling,
Denise

Hey Denise I am 100% on board with you. I agree after all these restrictions after a while you gotta say **** I'll do what I want! Yes and dealing with the agony of a chronic illness like Lyme. I like your attitude as well....your around the same age as my mother you two would certainly hit it off!