VH1's Christmas Trees: Behind the Pine Needles

You buy them, decorate them, and water them - but whats the real story behind the fragrant Christmas Tree standing in the corner of your living room... Here are some intersting facts -

* The first decorated Christmas Tree was in Riga, Latvia in 1510.
* Christmas trees have been sold commercially within the US since 1850.
* At one point the government banned a Christmas tree decoration- this was tinsel, because it contained lead. Now, it's made of plastic.
* 32.8 million Christmas trees were purchased in the US in 2005.
* Christmas trees are grown in all 50 states including Hawaii
* In 2002, 48% of all Americans had fake Christmas trees - ew.
* Thomas Edison's assistant, Edward Johnson, came up with the idea for electric lights on Xmas trees in 1882.
* Boston's Christmas tree at the Pru has been donated by Nova Scotia in gratitude for the city's help in offering supplies to them when a ship exploded follwing a collision in Halifax, Nova Scotia harbor, that leveled part of the city killing thousands.

A Thanksgiving at the Boudreau's - 1920's.

James Frederich Boudreau - this is my grandfather's name. He was born in 1918, just shy of the end of WWI. Living in Cambridge MA., he grew up with sixteen other siblings, eight of which were hockey-crazy brothers.. Although the Boudreau's were dirt poor, it didn't stop them from going all out for the holiday in there own "special" way. For Thanksgiving Mr. Boudreau would purchase a live turkey two to three weeks in advance and tie it to a pole in the basement. They would feed the bird to fatten it up and eat it on Thanksgiving Thursday. But.. this bird suffered serious abuse from my grandfather and his brothers. Dressing it in limited hockey goalie pads, they would place it in front of a net and shoot pucks at it for hours on end after school. My grandfather said they'd also wrestle it to the ground and beat it up. Now.. I think this is fucking hilarious, but I'm sure whoever reading this is appaulled and now thinks I'm a sick moron. Haha does it make you feel any better that I don't care? Anyways, my grandfather told us this entertaining story at the dinner table one Thanksgiving years ago, and so I thought I'd share it with our bloggers, if we have any anymore since Christina has dropped off the face of the Earth.

A Thanksgiving at the Boudreau's - 1920's.

Happy Halloween

"They all float! And when you're down here, you'll float too!"

Is this Nostrodamus or a cartoon tv show?

Don't think I'm a sick bitch, I found this rather amusing..

I'm sure everyone remembers this classic episode! My Little Pony Land is under threat of Catrina, the horrible storm-brewing withc that hates the ponies and is going to wreak havoc down on their utopia. She planned on producing flash floods and high winds of over 150 mph to level the pony castle and of course, to kill all the ponies, grundels, and those lousy kids that keep jumping through dimensions from Earth and hanging out with the ponies. Catrina was sure to make some huge ocean waves as well that could reach high enough to catch the flying ponies as well. Unfortunately, Catrina wasn't able to follow-thru with her plan - the ponies offered up the head of their dragon friend, Spike, as a peace offering.

Here Ye Here Ye!

Today I am celebrating because tomorrow I will be reunited with Julia after what seems to have been a lifetime but was probably more like 2 or 3 weeks. I have been in a state of incomprehensible depression as the gaping hole in my heart continues to grow as Julia becomes more and more distant. But alas, she returns to save me from the end. We will, once again, haunt the streets of Boston with evil laughter and horrific shrieks. We will gallivant around like royalty and raise holy hell among those who question our authority. Step down, Boston, cuz Julia and Christina are coming out tomorrrrrrrowwwwww.

Killing a bunch of Amish kids...how low can you go?

I mean...seriously. Some crazy milkman dude comes flying into an Amish community, storms into a school, kicks all the boys and teachers out and then starts shooting the girls. What the hell was wrong with that man? Amish people are about the most non-violent and least attention-seeking crowd in the USA. They don't even want their pictures taken. Yea, it's a little weird, the way they dress and the strange old school English speak but hey, that's no need to get pissy. What kind of a grudge can you hold with a little Amish girl? What kind of mental case psycho does something like that? It's so lame.
And what about the tough-guy milkman career? Couldn't he have picked a different profession...something a little more heart wrenching. There go the stereotypes of happy-go-lucky milkmen delivering delicious farm-fresh milk in those nice glass containers.

I'm so happy that dude killed himself because that crime deserves nothing less than the death penalty. Killing those little girls was like taking a bunch of puppies, putting them in a box and shooting them. How wrong.

So all I can say about mr. milkman is good riddance. I hope he's pushing a 50 ton boulder up an endless mountain in hell.

Random day

Today is Wednesday.

I haven't been writing on this silly blog so I decided I would..... and I decided I would accompany my scatterbrained writing jumble with a photograph of Chuck Norris.

Enjoy.

Accidental Killers - did you know these celebs have been repsonsible for someone's death?

Matthew Broderick - We all love Ferrish Bueller, but did you know that soon after filming the movie Broderick and co-star Jennifer Grey (Jeanine - Bueller's sister) were driving in a rented BMW in Northern Ireland while on holiday when Broderick's car slid across the middle lane head-on into another car driven by a 60 year old woman and her 30 year old daughter? Grey escaped with minor injuries, however Broderick had to be cut-out of his car and suffer head lacertations, broken leg, and collapsed lung. Less lucky were the two victims in the other car that were killed instantly. How much did Broderick get fined? $175 for "careless driving." Wow.


Laura Bush - She smiles, decorates the White House for Christmas, and wears outfits that match so well it makes you want to vomit. But, did you know that shortly after Laura's 17th birthday she ran a stop sign and collided with another vehicle, ironically driven by a highschool friend of hers? Bush, then Laura Welch, and her passenger were taken to a nearby hospital and treated for minor injuries. The passenger in the other car was killed upon impact. Bush wasn't charged with anything for some reason, and according to sources all the paper work pertaining to the case has dissapeared. Hmm.