It will be Christmas-time after the weekend for Americans. We put up the Christmas tree and take it down. What about people who leave their Christmas trees up all year?
What is your reaction to this? Good Housekeeping Magazine's reaction is to have lots of ideas for what to do with a Christmas tree all year long: a Valentine's day tree with hearts, a Halloween tree with pumpkins, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, etc.
Does the Guinness book of records have a record for the longest standing Christmas tree? It has many records - for example the oldest Christmas tree - the tiny tree from 1886 Woolworths in Britain that comes out every year.
There appears to be only one world record for the longest standing Christmas tree. It is claimed by the World Record Academy.
"WAUSAU, WI, USA -- Neil Olson put up his Christmas tree in 1974 when two of his six sons went off to serve in the Vietnam War; he planned to take it down when they were all home for Christmas; that still hasn't happened; five of his sons live in the area, but his eldest son, who was injured in the war, hasn't been able to make it back to Wisconsin for Christmas; the slim spruce covered in tinsel and dusty Christmas decorations has stayed parked in Neil Olson's living room for 40 years now, setting the new world record for ther longest-standing, all-natural Christmas tree, according to the World Record Academy: www.worldrecordacademy.com/."
This doesn't compete with the most reputable source of records - Guinness. There is no world record listed with Guinness for the longest-standing Christmas tree.
The results retrieved when searching for "longest" and for "longest standing" are hilarious. What about the longest Christmas cracker, longest balancing a wreath on his thumb while dressed as Santa Claus, longest time spent inside an inflatable snow globe, longest letter to Santa, longest wish to Santa, longest Christmas cracker pulling chain, longest Christmas cake, longest choir concert as a Christmas gift, longest Christmas stocking. And the person who celebrated the longest Christmas day by flying around the world.
Today's picture comes from Salt Spring Island at the ferry dock. Looking at it, you might think that this is the longest-running hippy town in Canada.
