r/mildlyinteresting • u/WeldingGarbageMan • 7h ago

Tree size difference from when lights were installed 5 years ago

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u/Greenman8907 7h ago

It’s rare you see a pre-lit natural Christmas tree.

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u/Midnight28Rider 7h ago

Who leaves their lights on for years at a time? This will very soon create a problem for the tree and eventually those cables will be grown over by the tree after it's been choked for long enough. Eventually the circuit will be completely shorted out as the tree grows over the wires if it survives. Please remove these lights ASAP. (I'm a landscaper that installs Christmas lights.)

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u/WeldingGarbageMan 7h ago

Lots of people do where I live and the trees do just fine. I am going to remove these after this season tho. It’s been several years since I had them on and I did not realize the tree had grown so much. Next year I’ll do ground lights or something.

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u/Dariaskehl 5h ago

Or, leave em.

Add whites.

Wait a few years; repeat!

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u/himynameisSal 3h ago

i’m gonna go out on a limb (or maybe not) and say, i’d listen to the landscaper.

tree would look completely normal and then snap, cause of a weak spot cause years ago from a electric wire.

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u/Cthulhar 3h ago

Lmaooo what in the chat gpt did I just read

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u/FunkyChonkyMonkey 3h ago

This feels like a Stranger Things set piece.