I think we have to quit our Christmas tree book project

@shaggin (74987)
United States
December 2, 2016 8:43am CST
A few days ago a facebook friend shared with me a photo of a tall stack of books shaped like a christmas tree. It looked really neat. I decided to try making it last night. I thought it would be fairly easy. About 10 minutes in I was ready to quit. My daughter saw what I was doing and wanted to help. Our bookshelves are upstairs so she ran up and down the stairs getting stacks of books. She was a huge help and had a lot of fun with it. We are about 1/3 of the way through and I think this is just going to be to hard to complete. I have enough books so that isn't the problem. I might try tearing it down and getting rid of all the hardcovers and using just all the same size paper backs. I added a photo of what was done in about 2 hours last night.
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Laurel (L_B)
@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
2 Dec 16
That is a really cool idea and you are doing good so far. I hope you continue with it. I think it will look great when it is done.
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ShannyBananny
@shaggin (74987)
• United States
2 Dec 16
It looked liked a wishing well at this point. I did finish it a few minutes ago and will post a new discussion later and share the photo when I get some extra time.
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Laurel (L_B)
@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
2 Dec 16
@shaggin can't wait to see it
Morley Hunt
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
2 Dec 16
That's a neat Ida. It wouldn't be too practical in my house....too many grandchildren running around.....four under the age of six.
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ShannyBananny
@shaggin (74987)
• United States
2 Dec 16
My kids are pretty careful thankfully but my boyfriends son is hyper and naughty and likes to ruin things so I am wondering how long this will last when he is around.
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topffer
@topffer (42155)
• France
2 Dec 16
It is a creative idea, and a clean one : books do not lose pine needles.
ShannyBananny
@shaggin (74987)
• United States
2 Dec 16
@topffer If I lived alone I would not decorate either.
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ShannyBananny
@shaggin (74987)
• United States
2 Dec 16
Very true. My actual tree is an artifical tree and smelled musty from my cellar. I had an essential oil that is pine scented and rubbed it on the tree to make it smell better. I haven't had a live tree in a very long time. Probably only one time in 13 years or more.
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topffer
@topffer (42155)
• France
2 Dec 16
@shaggin I live alone and I do not install a Christmas tree since many years. I have a preference for live trees, like many people here, but I have to admit that artificial trees are offering some advantages.
Tina Dalasinski
@Tina30219 (82978)
• Onaway, Michigan
2 Dec 16
I saw that on there as well I think it is cool. I hope you are able to get it finished
ShannyBananny
@shaggin (74987)
• United States
2 Dec 16
I had seen one last year poste. This year on a post sharing the photo it said who do you know who has enough books to do this and they tagged me and posted it to my wall. I said I defintiely have enough books and said I will see if I could get my kids to do it with me.
ShannyBananny
@shaggin (74987)
• United States
2 Dec 16
@Tina30219 My son would not help but my daughter was a big help last night. I did finish this a little bit ago so I'm excited for my bookworm daughter to get home and see it.
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Tina Dalasinski
@Tina30219 (82978)
• Onaway, Michigan
2 Dec 16
@shaggin Maybe make a game out of it and they will help.
Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382329)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Dec 16
I can see how it would be really effective when it is finished. It does sound like a fair bit of effort though particularly running books up and down the stairs.
ShannyBananny
@shaggin (74987)
• United States
4 Dec 16
It was a lot of work I am glad it is done.
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Claudia Kirkland
@CRK109 (14556)
• United States
2 Dec 16
I saw a similar photo on FB a few days ago and I thought it was a cute idea! I don't have enough books, since I get mine from the library, so I can't wait to see yours all finished!
ShannyBananny
@shaggin (74987)
• United States
2 Dec 16
I believe they originally started these book trees in libraries. They have a much larger selection of books the same size so creating one there would be a lot easier then the assortment I had to pick through.
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Claudia Kirkland
@CRK109 (14556)
• United States
4 Dec 16
@shaggin I've never seen one anywhere but I love the look of them!
Anna
@LadyDuck (502657)
• Italy
2 Dec 16
This is a nice idea, good luck with your project.
ShannyBananny
@shaggin (74987)
• United States
2 Dec 16
Thank you! I did finish it :-) I am catching up on comments before I write my next post which will show a picture of the tree.
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paigea
@paigea (36143)
• Canada
2 Dec 16
It is a very cool idea. I would never be able to get it to look right though.
ShannyBananny
@shaggin (74987)
• United States
2 Dec 16
Haha well I thought it would be easy but it was not. My first attempt came out okay. I did finish it and will post a photo later :-) It is a bit leaning so I am calling it my leaning tower of books tree.
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Gitara
@Gita17112016 (3611)
• Trinidad And Tobago
2 Dec 16
This is so novel. have never heard of anyone doing this kind of Christmas Tree!
ShannyBananny
@shaggin (74987)
• United States
2 Dec 16
I thought it was a really cool idea and it turned out to be a fun challenge and gave me some exercise running up and down the stairs for more books.