[21twelve]

My old man’s trick was to buy a tree that was a bit too tall. Any bare spots he would grab his drill and saw. Drill a hole in the trunk and shove one of the trimmed down limbs from the bottom into the hole!

When Christmas was over he would shove the tree into the snow in the backyard where it would last most of the winter!

[McGruff]

We learned growing up that strategic hanging ornaments and ice cycles can hide a lot of "imperfections".

But this tree is a DOA.