The trees were pretty easy to carry in, actually... they
just fit through the doors with only a tiny bit of "urging"
The tree stands were in pretty good shape still.
One of the trees was about 2 feet taller than the other
one, so we trimmed it by bringing a chain saw in and cutting
off the trunk... not the sort of thing you'd typically see
in a sanctuary, but it worked... =]
And before too long, we had the first tree up... the guys
were saying that it took more than 9 hours to get them up
last year... we were moving along pretty quickly according
to that pace!
The second tree went up even faster, because we'd figured
out the process with the first one.
Then, we went about fixing up the decorations, and making
sure things were ready for the MOPS group, who were going to
decorate the trees the next day.
we decided that the trees could use some bracing, to keep
anyone from pulling them over.
We also put the stars on the top of the trees... it was
interesting to figure out how to get the ladders up there.
The next Sunday, the decorations were all on, and they
were looking pretty good...
I'm VERY glad I had the opportunity to help!
It
worked out that I was able to help set up the Christmas
Trees at our church. A local Christmas Tree Farm
donated the trees to the church this year. Several
guys in the church showed up to cut and set up the tree.
A meeting I was in went long, and I got there just as the
trucks were pulling out, but I helped carry the trees into
the sanctuary.