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| - There is more to Home Depot than Christmas trees. Look, I know that. You know that. They have home improvement stuff: drywall and screws and lightbulbs and paint and electrical thingies. This is one of the bigger locations in Calgary, and the staff tend towards available, and they have all Home Depot sections needed. So that's out of the way, you know to come here for that stuff.
But for me, especially today (Christmas tree day!) I know that Home Depot is the best place to buy some fresh pine, or what-have-you. Home Depot is awesome Xmas tree central. I take Christmas tree shopping seriously: it has to be wide enough to fill up a goodly part of my living room and tall enough to almost touch the ceiling, with just enough room for the star. It can't shed too much. It has to smell piney and christmasy, but not fake-like.
I'm the person climbing in and on and under trees, holding them up and trying them out and pissing off the staff members by being there for over an hour. I touch branches and compare "breeds" (what's the word for that for trees?) and look for my fairytale tree. Home Depot has quality, variety and a place to saw off the bottom for optimal water intake. This Home Depot, to me, will always be Xmas tree central.
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