WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:04.040 KFI AM six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp The 2 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:10.119 House Whisper on demand on the iHeart Radio appf I 3 00:00:10.720 --> 00:00:15.400 AM six forty live streaming an HD everywhere on the 4 00:00:15.439 --> 00:00:21.280 iHeart Radio app. Welcome Home. I am Dean Sharp, the 5 00:00:21.359 --> 00:00:25.800 House Whisper. I design custom homes, I build custom homes, 6 00:00:26.399 --> 00:00:30.039 and right now I am your guide to better understanding 7 00:00:30.039 --> 00:00:33.320 that place where you live. Today, on the show, we're 8 00:00:33.320 --> 00:00:36.920 gonna talk about getting ahead of the holidays. We don't 9 00:00:36.920 --> 00:00:39.079 have much time to get ahead of them because the 10 00:00:39.119 --> 00:00:43.320 holidays are here Thursday, Thanksgiving rolling up. This is the 11 00:00:43.359 --> 00:00:47.039 weekend before Thanksgiving, and then you know we are in it. 12 00:00:47.439 --> 00:00:50.600 Everybody is in it. So I'm gonna give you some 13 00:00:51.119 --> 00:00:54.320 interesting bits of advice and we'll talk about some products 14 00:00:54.320 --> 00:00:56.799 out there that might change the way you do the 15 00:00:56.799 --> 00:00:59.320 holidays this year. It's not too late at all to 16 00:00:59.719 --> 00:01:02.560 get caught up and move ahead on that. And of 17 00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:06.959 course your calls love to talk to you about whatever 18 00:01:07.079 --> 00:01:09.879 is going on with your home today, whatever's got you 19 00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:13.319 scratching your head thinking, I don't know what to do 20 00:01:13.400 --> 00:01:15.280 with this, Give me a call. How about you and 21 00:01:15.319 --> 00:01:17.519 I we sit down and we figure it out together. 22 00:01:17.840 --> 00:01:21.000 The number to reach me eight three three two. Ask 23 00:01:21.280 --> 00:01:24.359 Dean A three to three the numeral two. Ask Dean, 24 00:01:24.599 --> 00:01:29.799 here we go again, eight three three two, Ask Dean, 25 00:01:30.519 --> 00:01:33.560 there you go. Phone lines are open right now. Producer 26 00:01:33.640 --> 00:01:37.040 Richie standing by. He'll pick up your call, tell you 27 00:01:37.079 --> 00:01:39.040 everything you need to know, pop you into the queue, 28 00:01:39.040 --> 00:01:41.040 and who knows you and I we could work it 29 00:01:41.040 --> 00:01:43.280 out and I would love to take as many calls 30 00:01:43.280 --> 00:01:46.519 as possible today. So let's get on it. Let's get 31 00:01:46.560 --> 00:01:48.120 on it. I know it's six in the morning. I 32 00:01:48.159 --> 00:01:50.920 get it, I get it. But you know that's never 33 00:01:50.959 --> 00:01:55.120 stopped you before. So let's move forward. Let me introduce 34 00:01:55.159 --> 00:01:58.359 our awesome team. Sam of course is on the board. 35 00:01:59.319 --> 00:02:04.280 Good morning, Good morning Dean. How you doing. I am 36 00:02:04.840 --> 00:02:07.519 it's been a week, it's been a week, but I'm good. 37 00:02:07.680 --> 00:02:11.479 I'm good. I'm very very grateful this week Sam of 38 00:02:11.479 --> 00:02:15.520 course wrangling our live studio audience maybe are not quite 39 00:02:15.639 --> 00:02:18.960 so live studio audience. That reminds me though, tomorrow we're 40 00:02:18.960 --> 00:02:23.520 going to have a fully legit live studio audience right 41 00:02:23.520 --> 00:02:28.039 here at iHeart Studios, because tomorrow is the holiday home Show, 42 00:02:28.360 --> 00:02:31.840 which we are super thrilled with a bunch of you 43 00:02:31.879 --> 00:02:34.879 are going to be joining me here and we're gonna 44 00:02:34.879 --> 00:02:37.479 have a great time. Do not miss that show. Lots 45 00:02:37.479 --> 00:02:41.319 of fun and surprises along the way. Like I said, 46 00:02:41.319 --> 00:02:45.159 producer Richie standing by, take your calls nowhere near Mike 47 00:02:45.280 --> 00:02:49.120 right now. I lean Gonzalez. I am can't even tell 48 00:02:49.120 --> 00:02:51.360 you how grateful I am to hear you on the 49 00:02:51.479 --> 00:02:52.360 radio today. 50 00:02:52.919 --> 00:02:55.240 Good morning, Dean. I'm grateful to be here with. 51 00:02:55.159 --> 00:02:58.280 You, so good to have you, so good to have 52 00:02:58.360 --> 00:03:04.159 you sitting across the table from me. Oh, talk about gratitude. 53 00:03:05.319 --> 00:03:10.400 My better half, absolutely, my design partner, the co founder 54 00:03:10.960 --> 00:03:14.599 of House Whisper. That's her spirit animal right there. My 55 00:03:14.719 --> 00:03:17.360 best friend in all the world, Tina is here. 56 00:03:17.680 --> 00:03:21.240 Welcome home. Hey you, Yeah, glad to be home. 57 00:03:21.400 --> 00:03:22.120 You've had a week. 58 00:03:22.240 --> 00:03:22.800 I've had a week. 59 00:03:22.840 --> 00:03:24.719 I want to tell everybody real quick kind of what's 60 00:03:24.800 --> 00:03:25.319 been going on. 61 00:03:25.400 --> 00:03:26.439 Yeah, I had a surgery. 62 00:03:28.080 --> 00:03:32.280 It was kind of unexpected, kind of yeah, but I'm 63 00:03:32.360 --> 00:03:35.599 good and I'm back home and just now need to recover. 64 00:03:35.879 --> 00:03:36.240 Yeah. 65 00:03:36.840 --> 00:03:39.560 So sadly I won't be at the live event tomorrow. 66 00:03:39.840 --> 00:03:42.080 Just don't have I'm not walking that fast yet. 67 00:03:42.280 --> 00:03:44.039 We're gonna pipe you in somehow. 68 00:03:43.719 --> 00:03:45.400 Yeah, but well we'll figure it out. 69 00:03:45.560 --> 00:03:47.639 But I am so glad that you are here right now. 70 00:03:47.800 --> 00:03:48.800 Yes, I am glad to. 71 00:03:48.919 --> 00:03:50.120 You are my Christmas present. 72 00:03:50.280 --> 00:03:52.719 Oh I love you babe. 73 00:03:53.240 --> 00:03:55.879 All right, y'all. Yeah, it's been a week. It has 74 00:03:56.000 --> 00:03:59.919 been a week. But you know what, we got the 75 00:04:00.039 --> 00:04:04.120 holidays coming, and we're going to dive in head first 76 00:04:04.599 --> 00:04:08.120 when we come back with getting ahead of you know 77 00:04:08.120 --> 00:04:09.280 what I want to do when we come back. I 78 00:04:09.360 --> 00:04:11.919 want to talk about Christmas trees because you're going to 79 00:04:11.960 --> 00:04:16.040 be making some decisions this year. This week, many of 80 00:04:16.079 --> 00:04:19.720 you about a Christmas tree. Let's have a discussion about 81 00:04:20.079 --> 00:04:23.439 getting you on the inside, the inside scoop on what's 82 00:04:23.480 --> 00:04:25.920 going on with Christmas trees, especially if you're going to 83 00:04:25.959 --> 00:04:30.399 buy a living tree and or I should say, a 84 00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:34.839 real tree. They're all real. Some grew and some were manufactured, 85 00:04:34.839 --> 00:04:40.360 but they're all real. They're not illusions. But Christmas trees. 86 00:04:40.439 --> 00:04:43.319 That's the weirdest, most wonderful thing that we do to 87 00:04:43.360 --> 00:04:46.199 our home every year. We'll talk about it. Spoop sharp 88 00:04:46.319 --> 00:04:49.720 the house with for Hey, whether your home is a 89 00:04:49.720 --> 00:04:53.279 condo or a cottage or a castle, I am here 90 00:04:53.319 --> 00:04:55.040 to help you take it to the next level. That's 91 00:04:55.079 --> 00:04:59.480 what we are all about here. It is a sleepy 92 00:04:59.639 --> 00:05:06.120 cloud dark, cold, cool at least Saturday morning here in 93 00:05:06.199 --> 00:05:10.160 southern California. And I am glad you are with me. 94 00:05:10.360 --> 00:05:13.600 I'm glad we are here, sitting here talking about your 95 00:05:13.639 --> 00:05:17.560 home together. We're gonna also be going to the phones. 96 00:05:17.560 --> 00:05:20.079 I would love to take some calls today. It's up 97 00:05:20.079 --> 00:05:21.920 to you, though, It's totally up to you. I'll just 98 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:26.160 keep yacking unless you give me a call. The phone 99 00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:28.560 lines are open, and the number to reach me eight 100 00:05:28.600 --> 00:05:31.680 three to three. Two. Ask Dean, eight three to three, 101 00:05:32.319 --> 00:05:37.720 the numeral two, ask Dean. It's just early. Yeah, we've 102 00:05:37.720 --> 00:05:39.360 got a couple of calls on the board. I'd love 103 00:05:39.399 --> 00:05:43.319 to have more, though. All right, let's talk about getting 104 00:05:43.360 --> 00:05:47.560 ahead of the holidays. What did I say. I was 105 00:05:47.600 --> 00:05:52.600 gonna say, Oh, yeah, Christmas trees. Christmas trees are well, 106 00:05:52.639 --> 00:05:55.839 you know, dragging a tree into your house. I don't 107 00:05:55.839 --> 00:05:59.120 know if you knew. This not a normal thing, not 108 00:05:59.120 --> 00:06:02.879 not something we do every week, every month, but it 109 00:06:02.959 --> 00:06:06.680 is something that we do quite often every year. Right, 110 00:06:08.759 --> 00:06:13.759 Bringing evergreen branches and logs into homes is a midwinter 111 00:06:13.839 --> 00:06:19.879 tradition much much older than Christmas. I'm using my air 112 00:06:19.959 --> 00:06:23.959 quotes here Christmas the name of that particular holiday celebration. 113 00:06:24.560 --> 00:06:29.319 It's older than Christmas itself. Evergreen trees have been symbols 114 00:06:29.360 --> 00:06:34.079 of hope and life through the darkest, coldest days of 115 00:06:34.199 --> 00:06:39.439 winter for thousands upon thousands of years. And there are 116 00:06:39.480 --> 00:06:44.800 some reasons why I think it's a really really special tradition. 117 00:06:45.000 --> 00:06:47.279 I mean, it really is. I'm gonna have more to 118 00:06:47.360 --> 00:06:51.639 say about this on tomorrow's Holiday show, but it is 119 00:06:51.759 --> 00:06:56.160 just a really special tradition. Also a tradition that nobody needs, 120 00:06:56.199 --> 00:06:59.399 in my opinion, to feel guilty about in terms of like, oh, 121 00:06:59.439 --> 00:07:03.199 you're just cutting down the forests of the world. No, no, no, 122 00:07:03.279 --> 00:07:07.120 for quite a while now, for quite a long, long while. Now, 123 00:07:08.000 --> 00:07:10.360 Christmas trees that you go and get it a Christmas 124 00:07:10.360 --> 00:07:13.839 tree lot, they are an agricultural product. Are you aware 125 00:07:13.879 --> 00:07:16.319 of that? I just want to make you aware. Christmas 126 00:07:16.360 --> 00:07:18.879 trees are an agricultural product. It means that the tree 127 00:07:18.920 --> 00:07:22.319 that you bought is really no different than you know, 128 00:07:22.360 --> 00:07:26.920 except for the price, than you know buying lettuce or carrots, 129 00:07:27.680 --> 00:07:31.199 because they are grown on a tree farm specifically for 130 00:07:31.279 --> 00:07:36.480 the purpose of being harvested and being used in Yule 131 00:07:36.639 --> 00:07:41.240 Tide celebrations. And so we are not clear cutting forests, 132 00:07:41.399 --> 00:07:44.399 old growth forests in order to bring your Christmas tree 133 00:07:44.439 --> 00:07:47.959 to you. They are simply grown on a farm, and 134 00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:50.600 that's a good thing as well. In fact, the argument 135 00:07:50.680 --> 00:07:53.480 can be made and is made, and I will I'll 136 00:07:53.480 --> 00:07:56.120 give you some facts on this in just a second 137 00:07:56.720 --> 00:08:00.279 that you know that it's a good thing that it 138 00:08:00.279 --> 00:08:03.560 It helps, it helps carbon capture, it helps all the 139 00:08:03.560 --> 00:08:09.839 things that good agriculture is capable of doing. Christmas trees remain, 140 00:08:10.199 --> 00:08:14.560 i think, still the centerpiece of the holiday season. You 141 00:08:14.680 --> 00:08:19.439 might think that an increasingly secular and multicultural America, the 142 00:08:19.519 --> 00:08:23.240 Christmas tree would be fading in popularity, but reality is 143 00:08:23.319 --> 00:08:26.920 just the opposite. Christmas trees are going to be found 144 00:08:26.959 --> 00:08:31.839 this year, and roughly, if we hold true to current statistics, 145 00:08:32.279 --> 00:08:35.399 are going to be found in over seventy two percent 146 00:08:35.440 --> 00:08:40.000 of American households of every ethnicity, both religious and non 147 00:08:40.039 --> 00:08:45.320 religious alike. It is a tradition which transcends boundaries. That's 148 00:08:45.320 --> 00:08:48.600 one of the reasons I love it so much. Perhaps 149 00:08:48.679 --> 00:08:56.519 because a tree enables it to speak, and just the 150 00:08:56.559 --> 00:08:58.799 fact that it is a tree enables it to speak 151 00:08:58.840 --> 00:09:01.960 to all of us. Trees do on a deeper more 152 00:09:02.080 --> 00:09:07.240 universally human level than just one particular religious story of 153 00:09:07.639 --> 00:09:10.919 this time of year or another. Whatever the source of 154 00:09:10.960 --> 00:09:14.759 its magic, the Christmas Tree in America has grown to 155 00:09:14.799 --> 00:09:17.960 become a kind of I don't know, I think a scaffolding. 156 00:09:18.039 --> 00:09:22.200 You call it that, for expressing our most cherished ideals, 157 00:09:22.240 --> 00:09:27.679 celebrating our most beloved relationships, and doing it I think 158 00:09:27.720 --> 00:09:30.519 most importantly in the darkest of days. Se fun facts 159 00:09:30.600 --> 00:09:35.480 on the Christmas Tree one hundred let's see that, where's 160 00:09:35.480 --> 00:09:41.240 my nose? Ere twenty one million real trees and about 161 00:09:41.279 --> 00:09:44.440 thirteen million artificial trees are going to be purchased by 162 00:09:44.559 --> 00:09:48.600 US households this Christmas season. There are one hundred and 163 00:09:48.639 --> 00:09:53.600 thirty ish million households in the US. It's estimated this 164 00:09:53.720 --> 00:09:57.200 year ninety four million of them will display a Christmas tree. 165 00:09:57.240 --> 00:10:01.279 That is a Christmas tree. Like I said in well, 166 00:10:01.480 --> 00:10:04.360 you know the three quarters of the households. Seventy nine 167 00:10:04.399 --> 00:10:08.840 percent of people who decorate for the holidays agree that 168 00:10:08.919 --> 00:10:13.039 the earlier they decorate for Christmas, the more holiday spirit 169 00:10:13.120 --> 00:10:18.240 they experienced. Fifty five percent of households have now already 170 00:10:18.360 --> 00:10:23.519 decorated before Thanksgiving. And the guess what I'm raising my hand. 171 00:10:23.879 --> 00:10:26.759 I mean, don't be ashamed of me. If you're one 172 00:10:26.799 --> 00:10:30.759 of those you shouldn't decorate until after Thanksgiving. Well, listen, 173 00:10:32.080 --> 00:10:34.639 Tina had surgery this week. We wanted to get some 174 00:10:34.679 --> 00:10:37.120 things out of the way first, and so now we 175 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:39.919 don't have our tree up, but we did the rest 176 00:10:39.960 --> 00:10:42.320 of the decorating around the house, the major you know, 177 00:10:42.399 --> 00:10:44.519 the lights on the house and so on and so forth. 178 00:10:44.639 --> 00:10:46.840 We actually have lots of trees up. They're just not real. 179 00:10:47.440 --> 00:10:49.639 Oh that's true. There's a tree on the front porch, 180 00:10:49.919 --> 00:10:53.519 there's a tree in the backyard. There's a tree. How 181 00:10:53.559 --> 00:10:54.600 many trees do we have. 182 00:10:54.879 --> 00:10:56.759 We have a tree in the garden room, a tree 183 00:10:56.879 --> 00:10:57.759 in the guest house. 184 00:11:00.360 --> 00:11:03.559 So I think four four up currently right now. 185 00:11:04.720 --> 00:11:09.039 Those are artificial trees, Yeah, artificial decorative fun outdoor. 186 00:11:09.440 --> 00:11:12.720 But the real tree is coming. The real tree is 187 00:11:12.759 --> 00:11:17.440 on its way, very excitedly. That's always the centerpiece of stuff. Christmas. 188 00:11:17.480 --> 00:11:22.480 Trees are roughly a two billion dollar industry in the US. 189 00:11:22.759 --> 00:11:27.679 That's split about fifty to fifty I think, let me 190 00:11:27.799 --> 00:11:31.679 check this little yep, about fifty to fifty between real 191 00:11:31.799 --> 00:11:36.720 and artificial trees. Real trees are grown on over fifteen 192 00:11:37.159 --> 00:11:42.600 thousand farms covering three hundred and fifty thousand acres in 193 00:11:42.639 --> 00:11:46.600 the United States and employing an industry of over one 194 00:11:46.679 --> 00:11:50.879 hundred thousand people. And according to independent environmental impact studies, 195 00:11:50.960 --> 00:11:55.320 here's here you go. An artificial tree needs to be 196 00:11:55.519 --> 00:12:00.720 used for at least nine to ten years before it 197 00:12:00.799 --> 00:12:06.759 becomes more environmentally friendly than having eight years of real trees, 198 00:12:07.200 --> 00:12:11.720 because you know, on artificial trees manufactured and a carbon offset, 199 00:12:11.759 --> 00:12:14.120 all of that kind of stuff, shipping and all of that. 200 00:12:15.679 --> 00:12:18.120 Real trees, by the way, they are as safe as 201 00:12:18.200 --> 00:12:24.960 artificial trees. Here's the truth. Point zero zero one percent. 202 00:12:25.240 --> 00:12:29.840 Point zero zero one percent of real Christmas trees catch 203 00:12:29.879 --> 00:12:33.399 fire every year these days. That's about two hundred trees 204 00:12:33.960 --> 00:12:38.720 for every twenty million trees sold. So there you go. 205 00:12:38.799 --> 00:12:42.279 There's your stats on your Christmas trees. Now, when we 206 00:12:42.360 --> 00:12:47.960 come back, let's talk about the biggest tree decisions and 207 00:12:48.279 --> 00:12:51.919 whether you're even aware of how you're making that decision 208 00:12:52.159 --> 00:12:54.320 and how it's going to affect the vibe of the 209 00:12:54.360 --> 00:12:57.399 tree inside your house. There are two big tree decisions 210 00:12:57.399 --> 00:13:01.840 to make. We'll discuss them. You're listening to Home with 211 00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:07.320 Dean Sharp on demand from KFI AM six forty can't 212 00:13:07.399 --> 00:13:11.840 bye AM six forty live streaming and HD everywhere on 213 00:13:11.919 --> 00:13:17.279 the iHeart Radio app. Dean Sharp the House whisper here 214 00:13:17.399 --> 00:13:19.720 for you this morning. We're talking about getting ahead of 215 00:13:19.720 --> 00:13:23.399 the holidays because they're here. I mean we are ahead 216 00:13:23.440 --> 00:13:28.279 of them technically right now, just by what a few days, 217 00:13:28.320 --> 00:13:32.679 because Thursday is Thanksgiving, and then after that you're not 218 00:13:32.720 --> 00:13:36.240 ahead of them, you're in them. So and I'm specifically 219 00:13:36.559 --> 00:13:39.600 right now at least we're talking about Christmas trees now. 220 00:13:39.639 --> 00:13:47.039 Tomorrow Tomorrow is our big Holiday home show live audience 221 00:13:47.440 --> 00:13:52.159 right here at the iHeart Studios in Burbank in the 222 00:13:52.240 --> 00:13:55.360 helpful Honda Lounge. It's going to be a great time 223 00:13:55.559 --> 00:14:01.240 as always. And our good friends at ol Home, who 224 00:14:01.840 --> 00:14:04.919 just happened to be the most beautiful store in Los 225 00:14:04.960 --> 00:14:09.320 Angeles and this time of year, just jaw droppingly stunning 226 00:14:09.440 --> 00:14:13.039 store for Christmas decor of all sorts. Our good friends 227 00:14:13.039 --> 00:14:17.519 at Aldick have our sponsoring tomorrow's show and they're providing 228 00:14:17.759 --> 00:14:22.360 a seven and a half foot beautiful ah gold Christmas 229 00:14:22.399 --> 00:14:26.159 tree that they're going to be decorating live on stage 230 00:14:26.399 --> 00:14:28.799 with us at the show tomorrow. And then one of 231 00:14:28.799 --> 00:14:32.000 those lucky audience members are going to take that tree home. 232 00:14:32.440 --> 00:14:36.639 So that's when it comes to an artificial tree. The 233 00:14:36.720 --> 00:14:39.519 fact that, like I said before the break, that it 234 00:14:39.600 --> 00:14:44.279 takes nine plus years for the use of a single 235 00:14:44.360 --> 00:14:49.360 artificial tree to level out, its like its environmental impact 236 00:14:49.440 --> 00:14:54.240 with getting live, fresh trees every year, because those are 237 00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:57.879 far healthier, you know, on a yearly basis. But if 238 00:14:57.879 --> 00:15:00.320 you hold on to it long enough, then you could 239 00:15:00.399 --> 00:15:05.039 be you know, ultimately saving uh and uh and doing 240 00:15:05.159 --> 00:15:07.919 you know, a better thing environmentally for the planet if 241 00:15:07.960 --> 00:15:10.000 you hold onto it long enough. But you got to 242 00:15:10.039 --> 00:15:13.240 hold on to it for at least a decade just 243 00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:16.600 to break even. And that's why I'm always pushing you 244 00:15:16.639 --> 00:15:21.720 toward Aldacombe because they literally have the most gorgeous artificial trees. 245 00:15:21.919 --> 00:15:27.279 So uh, they're they're beautiful, they're designed perfectly and uh 246 00:15:27.360 --> 00:15:30.840 and they're they're just the best. So that's something that 247 00:15:30.879 --> 00:15:33.240 we'll talk a little bit but more about tomorrow on 248 00:15:33.360 --> 00:15:37.200 the artificial side of things. But today, Uh, if you're 249 00:15:37.279 --> 00:15:41.240 like me and the you heard Tina say earlier that 250 00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:43.960 you know, we have a few artificial trees around on 251 00:15:44.039 --> 00:15:47.519 the property just because it's fun. It's fun to have one. 252 00:15:47.720 --> 00:15:50.799 We like, we've got a lit tree, uh in sitting 253 00:15:50.799 --> 00:15:53.879 in the backyard, so you know, like when we're outside 254 00:15:53.879 --> 00:15:56.200 by the fire pit and stuff. There it is. We 255 00:15:56.320 --> 00:15:58.960 got a goofy kind of cartoon tree out on the 256 00:15:58.960 --> 00:16:02.320 front deck, and then these little pencil trees you know 257 00:16:02.360 --> 00:16:05.559 that go in little rooms like the guest house or 258 00:16:05.600 --> 00:16:09.000 the garden room whatever. And our real tree is coming. 259 00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:11.840 But we always buy. Always. I grew up in a 260 00:16:11.879 --> 00:16:16.759 family that just had zero Christmas spirit whatsoever, pretty much, 261 00:16:16.799 --> 00:16:20.559 and we always had a really bad artificial tree, and 262 00:16:20.960 --> 00:16:23.200 I couldn't wait to get out on my own and 263 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:27.600 have real trees. And so we do that. Tina feels 264 00:16:27.600 --> 00:16:30.600 the same way, and so the real tree is coming, 265 00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:34.519 and today we're just talking a little bit about them. 266 00:16:34.919 --> 00:16:38.559 Now here's the thing when it comes down to the 267 00:16:38.600 --> 00:16:41.600 biggest decisions you have to make for a real tree, 268 00:16:41.679 --> 00:16:46.559 if you're an informed real tree connoisseur, then you've got 269 00:16:46.600 --> 00:16:52.159 really two big decisions to make. Fragrance versus endurance, and 270 00:16:52.720 --> 00:16:57.159 the second decision thicker structure and open tiers versus thinner 271 00:16:57.200 --> 00:17:03.399 branches but fuller body. Hmmm. So what's the decision there 272 00:17:03.399 --> 00:17:05.799 between the two Because you've got different species of trees, 273 00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:11.799 so let's talk about fragrance versus endurance on a tree. Okay, 274 00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:15.119 here is the secret you need to know. I'm surprised 275 00:17:15.160 --> 00:17:19.799 not more people understand this. But we talk about two 276 00:17:19.880 --> 00:17:22.000 things that we want out of a real tree when 277 00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:24.079 we bring it into our home. One, we want it 278 00:17:24.160 --> 00:17:26.160 to last. We don't want it to dry out and 279 00:17:26.200 --> 00:17:30.559 start dropping needles mid December, right, So you don't want 280 00:17:30.599 --> 00:17:34.119 it to dry out, so it's got to last. But 281 00:17:34.440 --> 00:17:37.640 at the same time, we also we really want it 282 00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:42.599 to just just become a beautiful aroma inside the house. 283 00:17:42.680 --> 00:17:46.319 I mean, ideally that's what you one that lasts through 284 00:17:46.519 --> 00:17:51.599 New Years and is just you know, perfuming the inside 285 00:17:51.640 --> 00:17:54.960 of the house with a beautiful scent of pine or fur. 286 00:17:55.680 --> 00:18:00.480 That would be the ideal tree. Unfortunately, you usually don't 287 00:18:00.519 --> 00:18:05.799 get both. And here's why. It's simple science, ready science. 288 00:18:07.640 --> 00:18:13.480 The reason you can smell a Christmas tree inside your 289 00:18:13.519 --> 00:18:18.480 home is that it's losing moisture. It's giving moisture to 290 00:18:18.759 --> 00:18:25.000 the air, and therefore it's the resins inside it are 291 00:18:25.119 --> 00:18:29.119 being kind of ejected into the air and therefore perfuming 292 00:18:29.160 --> 00:18:31.720 the air. In other words, the Christmas trees that are 293 00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:35.000 most fragrant are the ones that dry out the fastest 294 00:18:35.039 --> 00:18:38.200 because they're losing moisture. Then there are other species of 295 00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:44.039 trees that will easily without question. They've got thick waxy 296 00:18:44.119 --> 00:18:48.359 needles right, and you get them home and they will 297 00:18:48.400 --> 00:18:52.799 stay beautiful with minimal amount of maintenance all through the 298 00:18:52.839 --> 00:18:58.319 month of December and the second part of November. But 299 00:18:58.839 --> 00:19:02.440 they're not as fragrant. And the simple reason is that 300 00:19:02.440 --> 00:19:06.400 that thick waxy needle is hanging on to its own moisture. 301 00:19:06.559 --> 00:19:10.000 It's not drying out, but it's also not sharing itself 302 00:19:10.319 --> 00:19:13.079 with the air around it. So the first big question 303 00:19:13.359 --> 00:19:16.319 is do we want a fragrant tree that we're going 304 00:19:16.400 --> 00:19:19.000 to have to kind of baby as we go, just 305 00:19:19.119 --> 00:19:22.599 keep keep keep her, keep her moist as possible. Or 306 00:19:23.160 --> 00:19:25.480 do we want a tree that's going to just endure 307 00:19:25.559 --> 00:19:27.880 that's going to look the same on you know, the 308 00:19:27.960 --> 00:19:31.519 day after Christmas or New Year's Day. If you keep 309 00:19:31.519 --> 00:19:34.279 them that long, it'll look the same then and as 310 00:19:34.680 --> 00:19:36.880 as it does in the lot, you know, when you 311 00:19:36.920 --> 00:19:42.039 pick it up this week. So those species that are 312 00:19:42.160 --> 00:19:45.079 one or the other, these are the things that that 313 00:19:45.079 --> 00:19:47.160 we've got to decide. So we'll talk about those species 314 00:19:47.200 --> 00:19:49.480 when we come back. And then the other question of 315 00:19:49.519 --> 00:19:52.200 how you want to decorate the tree, whether you want 316 00:19:52.559 --> 00:19:56.279 a full, full structure to it or whether you want 317 00:19:56.359 --> 00:20:00.960 some openness and room for some big ornamentation. Everybody's decided 318 00:20:01.319 --> 00:20:03.960 divided on this. There's no right or wrong decision. I 319 00:20:04.039 --> 00:20:06.680 just want you to be informed so that you can 320 00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:10.839 plan your Christmas tree to tree de core appropriately makes sense? 321 00:20:10.880 --> 00:20:15.480 All right? More if I am six forty live streaming 322 00:20:15.519 --> 00:20:19.599 and HD everywhere on the iHeart radio app, Dean sharp 323 00:20:19.799 --> 00:20:22.319 the house whisper. Hey, we're going to be going to 324 00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:26.839 the phones right after this bit, so here's the number 325 00:20:26.839 --> 00:20:30.000 to reach me. It's a bit yeah, eight three three 326 00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:34.440 two ask Dean. Eight three three the numeral to ask 327 00:20:35.039 --> 00:20:39.000 Dean eight three three two ask Dean. It's just that 328 00:20:39.119 --> 00:20:42.400 easy to ask Dean. We will be going to the 329 00:20:42.400 --> 00:20:45.400 phones right after our next break, so hey, give me 330 00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:47.799 a call. I'll spend as much time on the phone 331 00:20:47.839 --> 00:20:51.599 today as we've got callers to spend time with. How 332 00:20:51.839 --> 00:20:54.920 about that as a deal. So now is a great 333 00:20:54.920 --> 00:20:57.400 time to call and we'll figure out what's going on 334 00:20:57.440 --> 00:21:00.680 with your home. Anything you want to talk about, design, construction, DIY, 335 00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:03.039 whatever the case may be. Whatever's got you scratching your 336 00:21:03.079 --> 00:21:08.440 head about your home all right back to Christmas trees. 337 00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:11.599 So you know, it's a shocker for a lot of people. 338 00:21:11.680 --> 00:21:16.240 They don't realize nobody's ever explained to them that the 339 00:21:16.319 --> 00:21:21.000 difference between a tree that gives off a beautiful fragrance 340 00:21:21.079 --> 00:21:23.640 and a tree that does not is usually the difference 341 00:21:23.640 --> 00:21:28.319 between a tree that is drying out because it's losing sap. 342 00:21:29.440 --> 00:21:33.319 It's those resinous compounds that actually make that beautiful smell. 343 00:21:33.720 --> 00:21:37.559 It's losing moisture versus a tree that doesn't smell so 344 00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:41.119 much is holding on to its moisture and therefore enduring. 345 00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:46.079 So it doesn't mean that there's no fragrance whatsoever from 346 00:21:46.160 --> 00:21:48.640 a tree that's holding on to its moisture. It's just 347 00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:53.400 that the fact of the matter is there's quite a 348 00:21:53.480 --> 00:21:56.200 bit less. And so you've got to make a decision 349 00:21:56.559 --> 00:21:59.480 when it comes to a tree species, and you can tell. 350 00:21:59.519 --> 00:22:02.119 You don't have to, you know, take a botanist with 351 00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:04.279 you or an arborist with you when you go to 352 00:22:04.359 --> 00:22:09.359 the tree lot. You can tell. And the general reality 353 00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:14.839 is that the thinner the needles on a tree, generally speaking, 354 00:22:15.200 --> 00:22:18.240 and the thinner more flexible and fuller the branches, the 355 00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:22.799 more of that tree will be one that gives off moisture. 356 00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:26.319 It loses its moisture. The thicker the branches and the 357 00:22:26.400 --> 00:22:31.599 thicker waxier needles like noble furs, those kinds of trees, 358 00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:35.480 those are going to hold on to their own moisture 359 00:22:35.599 --> 00:22:40.079 longer and therefore be easier to last through the entire 360 00:22:40.119 --> 00:22:43.480 month without getting dry. The other question, though, of course, 361 00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:48.200 is decor on the tree. And you know, a lot 362 00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:52.119 of people it's sort of counterintuitive for them because they 363 00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:55.720 go looking for the fullest, fullest, packed full of branches 364 00:22:55.799 --> 00:22:59.880 Christmas tree possible and that's Hey, if that's your vibe, great, 365 00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:03.119 go for it. But if you just it's be good 366 00:23:03.119 --> 00:23:05.319 to have a game plan as to how you want 367 00:23:05.359 --> 00:23:08.359 to decorate a tree. And there are two, you know, 368 00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:11.720 schools of thought here. One is, well, let's just do 369 00:23:11.880 --> 00:23:16.559 a minimal, small surface decoration, so I small ornaments and 370 00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:20.680 garland on the outside of the tree. If that's your plan, 371 00:23:21.160 --> 00:23:25.640 then sure a cone, beautiful cone shaped very very thick, 372 00:23:25.799 --> 00:23:28.839 can't see through it to the other side. Tree like 373 00:23:28.880 --> 00:23:32.359 a Douglas fur, which has been for my whole child 374 00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:36.759 growing up here in southern California. The Douglas fir was 375 00:23:36.839 --> 00:23:40.920 the king of all Christmas trees sold here by clearly 376 00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:44.279 the most popular. And then you're on the other side 377 00:23:44.319 --> 00:23:51.240 of the coin. You've got the the nobles grand furs, spruces, 378 00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:53.680 those kinds of trees. Spruce is not so easy to 379 00:23:53.680 --> 00:23:58.519 find in SOCW but fur trees definitely noble furs. Those 380 00:23:58.799 --> 00:24:03.559 have very definitive of tiers of their branches and more 381 00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:06.119 space through and so when you're looking at them at 382 00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:08.359 a tree lot, you're like, God, I don't know, I mean, 383 00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:11.240 I want a full tree. But if your plan though, 384 00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:15.559 is large ornaments and all, you know, those tiers provide 385 00:24:15.599 --> 00:24:21.839 the perfect hanging space for lots of beautiful ornamentation in 386 00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:24.640 between tiers of branches. So the point is, have a 387 00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:27.799 game plan as to how you want to decorate a tree, 388 00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:32.720 and it's gonna be beautiful either way. It's just if 389 00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:36.400 you've got really big ornaments. It's hard to shove larger 390 00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:39.960 ornaments onto a tree that's just full of branches, just 391 00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:44.519 everywhere that's full, full, full, because you're literally going to 392 00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:47.920 be shoving them into that thickness of branches. And so 393 00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:51.079 the larger the ornaments in general, or the more ornaments 394 00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:54.079 in general, then the better off you are to have 395 00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:56.599 a tree that's got a little bit more air space 396 00:24:56.759 --> 00:25:00.400 in between the branches as you go. So the the 397 00:25:01.400 --> 00:25:06.599 trees that are available here that you can cut yourself, 398 00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:10.519 that's a whole nother thing. Tree lots here in Southern 399 00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:13.559 California that are literally they're usually in open spaces, like 400 00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:17.480 underneath power lines, power company easements. That's where those tree 401 00:25:17.599 --> 00:25:20.599