To take down a christmas tree you need to have the agility of a monkey, the stamina of a mountaineer and the patience of Job. I dont possess any of those qualities - AND I have MS.The coloured balls fell on the floor, the tinsel got tangled up with the lights and the midday movie was starting to look mighty attractive.It didn't help that my darling had made this wooden cross piece like feet so the tree would stand up by itself, but he's an electrician , not a carpenter and the tree only stood upright while no one touched it. Everytime I removed as much as a snowflake the damn thing lauched itself at me and I was starting to wonder if cows ate pine trees.I finally got it out the door and swept up enough needles to keep a third world family warm for a week and collapsed on the couch.