Miscellaneous: Today, for the first time ever, my family bought a real Christmas...

By Nose Numb - 30/11/2014 20:24 - United States

Today, for the first time ever, my family bought a real Christmas tree instead of using our old fake one. Today, I also found out I'm allergic to Christmas trees. My family won't get rid of it because they paid so much for it and intend to "get their money's worth". FML

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By Anonymous - 11/12/2010 20:49 - United States

Today, my family and I went Christmas tree shopping. My husband and I were walking around when I saw the perfect tree. Excited, we immediately bought it. When we got home and set it up, I realized it came with a present: termites. FML

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By awesome - 05/01/2012 17:13 - United States

Today, my Christmas tree was finally shipped. FML

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Thanks, I hate this

By creepingjennie - 05/01/2022 14:01

Today, I discovered that I'm allergic to the flowering plant my passive-aggressive mother gave me for Christmas. I take two different antihistamines daily for my numerous allergies all year round, and my mother knows this is why I don't have house plants. She said, "You better not get rid of it!" I think she hates me. FML

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By Worsttreeever - 05/12/2009 05:15 - United States

Today, we brought our Christmas tree inside to decorate. We decorated it, then went out to dinner as a family. Returning 2 hours later, we came back to find our living room to be occupied. Not with people. The tree had been filled with baby spiders, and they were all over the living room. FML

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By brokenrainbow. - 31/12/2009 13:28 - United Kingdom

Today, I finally discovered the reason my front room smelt funny. My dog, thinking the Christmas tree was real, has been peeing on it for the past two weeks. FML

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By Chuffy - 01/12/2012 06:01 - United States - Loveland

Today, I followed my neighbor's advice and sprayed Sprite on my Christmas tree because it will "make it live longer." I just came downstairs to find my Christmas tree covered in ants. FML

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By wjones - 15/12/2009 15:06 - United States

Today, my family and I were decorating the Christmas tree. It seemed a bit unstable, but we decorated it without any problems. Later, while my daughter sat by the tree, it began to fall. Her grandmother stopped the tree from hitting her. I, on the other hand, screamed like a little girl. I'm a 38 year old guy. FML

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By Anonymous - 27/12/2012 22:54 - Australia

Today, while trying to take my Christmas tree down, I learned that at some point during the last few weeks, it became home to a colony of green ants. I'm now covered in bites and terrified to go anywhere near it. FML

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By blumaster04 - 22/12/2009 22:53 - United States

Today, in an effort to repair our fake Christmas tree, my girlfriend succeeded in gluing it to the floor. I can't get it loose. FML

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By I Like My Cat - 21/12/2012 10:02 - Netherlands - Utrecht

Today, I found out that the tinsel on my Christmas tree is worth a couple of hundred euros per strand. Well, that's how much the two that were surgically removed from my cat have cost me. At least the cat's going to be fine. FML

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Dreamsorrow93 24

Monday 1 December 2014 10:40

Cover it in tin foil in the middle of the night.

nickzpic 8

Monday 1 December 2014 10:41

What reaction do you get? Hope its nothing serious, I have a lot of allergies too. Huge pains in the ass

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soulreaper12296 28

Monday 1 December 2014 15:19

How bad is the reaction? I'm sure you could find like a $5 medication to take till they get rid of it.

darryaz 9

Monday 1 December 2014 16:36

Zyrtek is your friend (it's definitely mine!!!)

tediruxe 13

Monday 1 December 2014 17:38

offer to pay them back for it. if not suck it up

tonyfan00 38

Monday 1 December 2014 18:53

@#33 How rude of you!

topher5110 7

Monday 1 December 2014 17:57

put salt water in the base. it'll kill the tree quick then they will have to take it down

tonyfan00 38

Monday 1 December 2014 18:52

I'm not one that likes being destructive to living things but given the case and hand I think that's the best option at hand. I guess it'll die anyway so this sounds like a solution that doesn't do much harm...

BananaButt42 9

Monday 1 December 2014 19:11

Depends how allergic you are. If it just seems like hay fever symptoms then I would try enjoy it.

TypoFairy 20

Tuesday 2 December 2014 6:18

It's not that easy when your eyes are glued shut from the constant watering and you can't breathe because of the near constant sneezing. There are varying degrees of hay fever, none of them make it possible to enjoy things like that :/

Kendrah18 19

Monday 1 December 2014 19:48

Being a Canadian living in a small town, this blows my mind that they PAID for a real one..

minagiv 11

Monday 1 December 2014 20:55

I completely understand. I'm not allergic to real trees, but the smell makes me extremely ill.

Norvi 26

Monday 1 December 2014 22:04

This is going to sound silly, but it helped me last time we had a tree. Get cheap hair spray and go to town on the tree. Spray it like a roach. That should stop dust particles and bits of bark coming loose into the air and should keep the worst allergies at bay.