This is why I don’t try Pinterest at home.

I saw a beautiful Christmas-tree-made-of-fruit centerpiece on Pinterest.  I got the bright idea to make it for the brunch at my sister-in-law’s house.  The instructions said to use cone-shaped florist foam.  Well, when you wait to shop until late the night before, it’s hard to find those.  So I improvised by trying to cut a personal sized watermelon into a pyramid shape.  Yeah, it didn’t go so well.

I spent about an hour and a half putting together this pitiful version of the Christmas tree fruit thing.  Once I started, I just couldn’t stop.  I tried to anchor it with the pineapple slices on the bottom but it still tilted like the Tower of Pisa.

My husband walked in when I finished….here’s our conversation:

Him:  “Whatcha making?”
Me:  “A fruit Christmas tree.”  (Obviously.  Duh.)
Him:  “Oh.  It looks like a Festivus Pole.” 
Me:  (Annoyed that he didn’t say, “OF COURSE!  Of course it is a fruit Christmas tree!)   “Thank you for noticing.“

Because he is a smart man, he walked away at that point.  I had a box full of toothpicks, after all.

For the record, the kids enjoyed the fruit tree just fine.   I hope wherever you are, you are having a Merry Christmas!