Bunny walked into the Computer Room bearing a copy of the The Transylvania Times [1]. “Do you know what's open in Brevard?”
“No,” I said.
“The Aluminium Christmas Tree Exhibit [2]!” she said, showing me the lead article in section B of the paper.
Yes, it's that time of year again, when the Aluminum Tree & Æsthetically Challenged Seasonal Ornament Museum and Research Center [3] (aka ATOM (Aluminum Tree & Æsthetically Challenged Seasonal Ornament Museum and Research Center)) is open to the public.
I first came across this wonderful exhibit fourteen years ago [4], and at the time, I mentioned that my only exposure to aluminum Christmas trees was “A Charlies Brown Christmas [5].” What I didn't mention in that post was that I thought aluminum Christmas trees were tall aluminum cones [6]—the reality was a bit different:
[An image of three aluminum Christmas trees, all sitting on tables; two are silver, one is gold. “Aren't you a bit short to be a Christmas Tree?”] [7] [8]
(Note: Bunny and I actually saw the exhibit back in December of 2012, but I did not blog about it then—perhaps I was being lazy or something)
I was mildly disappointed they were not the large cones of painted aluminum, but they're cool nonetheless.
[1] https://www.transylvaniatimes.com/
[3] http://www.transylvaniaheritage.org/content/aluminum-christmas-tree-museum
[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Charlie_Brown_Christmas
[6] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l17n1du9bFg&t=1m23s
[7] /boston/2020/11/23/thumb-atom.jpg
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