THE DEAL'S VIEW ON CHRISTMAS TREES
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the talents dealmakers hone throughout the year — methodical
due-diligence skills, shrewd negotiating tactics, wiley gamesmanship
— face a brutal test each
December when they structure their most complicated transaction:
finding the right family Christmas tree. (If, of course, they are
wont to find a tree at all. For other holiday decorating challenges,
see a related story.)
The right size, shape and variety of tree are just a few factors to
consider before acquiring and installing the perfect conifer, which
will be long embedded in family photo albums, children's memory banks
and the envious hearts of colleagues and friends. Perfection, of course,
is a relative term. And beyond the tree itself, there's the eternal
challenge of selecting tasteful ornaments, the age-old debate between
tinsel and garland and, more recently, considerations like "green"
trees. And all these needling decisions must be made under tight deadlines
during the most frantic time of the year.
One solution, besides buying an artificial tree or ordering a tree
for delivery in a FedEx box: Contact a tree professional. A handful
of Christmas specialists scattered throughout the U.S. are available
to help you find the perfect evergreen, then install it in your
living room. For a fee — sometimes hefty — some will decorate
it, water it throughout the holidays, then come and dispose of it
afterward.
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