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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 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 Project-Mayhem - 02/12/2009 10:57 - United States

Today, my family went to the Christmas tree farm, and cut down the perfect tree. When we got home we put the kids down for a nap and took some time to relax. We went out to the truck to bring the tree into the house, it was gone. Someone stole my Christmas tree from my driveway in broad daylight. FML

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

Today, my Christmas tree was finally shipped. 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 Where is My Tree? - 28/02/2025 03:00 - United States - Bakersfield

Today, I woke up and found that the tree in my front yard was gone. FML

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By shoutoutloud2him - 05/12/2009 08:48 - United States

Today, I was at Home Depot getting a Christmas tree with my family. While picking out a tree, a man thought it would be nice to help cut off the string that held the tree together. The branches hit me in the face and the guy managed to cut my hand. FML

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Too little, too late

By ragsy - 14/08/2009 16:54 - United States

Today, I finally went to Home Depot to buy a chainsaw to cut down the tree leaning dangerously over my garage. When I got home, I found the tree had fallen and taken out the roof while I was shopping. FML

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Artificial tree meets natural predators

By Anonymous - 08/12/2024 05:00 - United States

Today, I pulled my Christmas tree out of my mother-in-law's garage, only to find out rats had ruined all the lights. The tree cost $2600. 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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DanielleTheOne 3

Sunday 12 December 2010 1:45

oh god, i hope you got it outside and away from the house pretty quickly. wouldn't want to deal with an infestation, especially so close to christmas.

DrDoofenshmirtz 0

Sunday 12 December 2010 1:45

That's sad... it's so close to Christmas and you get this... FYL. D:

Comments

ElectricGhost_fml 5

Sunday 12 December 2010 1:57

Merry Christmas!!!

idkmyusername 0

Sunday 12 December 2010 5:12

#13- DYING IS YOUR LATEST FASHION FTW! :) ETF kicks ass!

ROFLFail 0

Sunday 12 December 2010 6:24

Where do bands come in on this conversation? Well, OP that sucks, considering that you probably have a wooden house.

CaityCatastrophy 0

Sunday 12 December 2010 6:56

I absolutely love Situations. I just bought one of their shirts. :D

ScreamAimFire 0

Sunday 12 December 2010 7:23

#62, 13s picture is an album cover to Escape The Fate, there new singer sucks.

mintcar 9

Sunday 12 December 2010 8:26

I agree, the new singer singer sucks. ( He's good with vocals but I don't think he fits in the band). Saw them at Warped 07 and they were amazing. Now that Ronnie is gone, I don't even listen to their shit anymore.

mintcar 9

Sunday 12 December 2010 8:28

with*^

MrsLender_fml 3

Sunday 12 December 2010 10:17

Ronnie :(

alaaloo_fml_fml 0

Sunday 12 December 2010 1:58

Oh goodness that's a bummer :/ I had no idea termites can infest trees. Wherever you bought the tree must have been really ghetto.

unidentified_sta 5

Sunday 12 December 2010 2:00

I never hear much about termites. I am reminded of that one episode of the Simpsons...

CitrusGirl 0

Sunday 12 December 2010 3:23

Termites eat wood. Why wouldn't they be in trees?

collegegirl87 0

Sunday 12 December 2010 3:24

That is where termites live in the wild. They don't just infest houses. They infest rotten trees.

collegegirl87 0

Sunday 12 December 2010 3:27

Yeah, what 36 said.

alaaloo_fml_fml 0

Sunday 12 December 2010 7:49

#36- Obviously termites eat wood, I just didn't know they infested pine trees. It's hard to imagine them eating the trunkof trees.

unidentified_sta 5

Sunday 12 December 2010 7:58

I always thought termites lived in those massive mounds held together by spit. Or have I mixed it up with other insects?

alaaloo_fml_fml 0

Sunday 12 December 2010 8:02

#82- Spit? No.. I've never heard of such insects. I'm googling it now though :)

alaaloo_fml_fml 0

Sunday 12 December 2010 8:06

Froghoppers?

collegegirl87 0

Sunday 12 December 2010 8:06

Termites actually vomit on the wood, and the bacteria and acid in their vomit digests the wood. Then they eat it lol.

unidentified_sta 5

Sunday 12 December 2010 8:35

Not held together completely by spit, but it is a building component. I was Googling "what are termite mounds made of", simple yet effective :-P

alaaloo_fml_fml 0

Sunday 12 December 2010 9:03

#87- Ahhh I see, well now I don't feel like such a dingbat. #91- So the insects in questions are termites then?

unidentified_sta 5

Sunday 12 December 2010 9:22

Insects in question? I no longer remember what is going on.

alaaloo_fml_fml 0

Sunday 12 December 2010 9:29

#96- The insects that build with spit... termites?

unidentified_sta 5

Sunday 12 December 2010 9:41

Yes, that. Okay, termites do appear to build using saliva.

alaaloo_fml_fml 0

Sunday 12 December 2010 9:56

I see.. interesting. I do believe my house is infested with termites at the moment.

unidentified_sta 5

Sunday 12 December 2010 10:00

Really? ! A hunch or confirmed?

alaaloo_fml_fml 0

Sunday 12 December 2010 10:05

Well I have high wooden planks on the ceiling and I frequently find small piles of what look like wood shavings on my floor..

unidentified_sta 5

Sunday 12 December 2010 10:10

Hm... What is the status of the home? Like the last inspection etc... I think I recall conversing with you on a Birthday FML.

alaaloo_fml_fml 0

Sunday 12 December 2010 10:15

Quite awhile ago... we will have to do something about this. Yes :) How was your birthday?

unidentified_sta 5

Sunday 12 December 2010 10:20

It was good! :-D

alaaloo_fml_fml 0

Sunday 12 December 2010 10:22

Glad to hear that :)

Rawaha 0

Sunday 12 December 2010 2:02

haha that sucks!! big time. didnt you check before?!?!

lindseytaylor201 0

Sunday 12 December 2010 2:03

that sucksssssss.

lolaisagirl 0

Sunday 12 December 2010 14:55

17- are you proud of this cookies?

ninofrank 0

Sunday 12 December 2010 2:06

Obviously she didn't 16

DakotaCat 4

Sunday 12 December 2010 2:09

Hire your neighbour's firefighter husband to burn it

bfflrhea 0

Sunday 12 December 2010 2:17

that sucksss!!!

Zebidee 8

Sunday 12 December 2010 2:18

Return it?

califbob 3

Sunday 12 December 2010 2:22

Tip Of The Day: Douse the tree in kerosene and toss a candle on it. those termites will learn not to mess with human folks. it worked for me 3 houses ago.