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When I was growing up, we always had a real Christmas tree, so I never had to deal with putting a tree together. Getting the tree and putting it up was always an adventure though. We went out to a Christmas tree farm, looked for the right one, got it cut down, brought it home, shoved it through the door, put it on the Christmas tree stand and secured it, which always took longer than it seemed like it should. Thinking back on it, having to assemble a Christmas tree might actually have been simpler. It wouldn't look as good, though.