We are going fake...

It had been a great tree when we first got it. However, it sucked up water like a sponge that I was filling up the base several times a day. Within a week when you passed by the tree you could hear the neeedles dropping. Christmas morning there were tons of needles all over all the packages. Christmas night the tree seemed to have a huge sign hovering over it that flashed "fire hazard, fire hazard". We ended up taking it down that night and just with the routine of taking off the ornaments the tree was bare and just a huge trunk of naked branches.
So, next year we are going fake...baby !!!! Just need to figure out where we are going to store it.