FINALLY got lights on the tree, then placed all the ornaments and put the skirt in its place. Since then, 2 weeks ago, my sweetheart boys have removed the lower half of the tree's ornaments about 300 times, which wouldn't be a big deal except they like to hide them in the couch cushions, then you go to sit down and crunch!, they're the shatter-free kind, but boys will find a way... 
They also like to play under the lowest branches, hiding and crawling along on their bellies, pretending to be little warriors, which is cute....lifting their heads at just the right spots to cause the branches to come out of their sockets, so more fixing the tree for me, being particularly uncoordinated at bending low and crawling along on my belly right now.... then, just as I'm getting up from replacing branches I get knocked on the head by a falling ornament which Deacon has just shot off the tree with his excellent elastic hairband archery skills....... 
Christmas tree, I don't always like you, but your sparkly lights do mesmerize me, and you are very special and beloved by my kids, which does make your bald ornament-less patches more endearing.
They also like to play under the lowest branches, hiding and crawling along on their bellies, pretending to be little warriors, which is cute....lifting their heads at just the right spots to cause the branches to come out of their sockets, so more fixing the tree for me, being particularly uncoordinated at bending low and crawling along on my belly right now.... then, just as I'm getting up from replacing branches I get knocked on the head by a falling ornament which Deacon has just shot off the tree with his excellent elastic hairband archery skills....... Christmas tree, I don't always like you, but your sparkly lights do mesmerize me, and you are very special and beloved by my kids, which does make your bald ornament-less patches more endearing. So, I will endure you and strive to appreciate you for a few more weeks....
But if someone out there could just invent a tree that opens and closes like a big umbrella with all its parts permanently stuck in place, would that be so much to ask?
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Yicks!!! I didn't know you had problems with the lights too! I can't believe you weren't grouchy for Thanksgiving! I would have been, and I'd probably have cried a few times in the process. I'm sorry it was such a mess for you. I got a fake tree too. And I too am still deciding if its worth it.
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