Krinner Tree Genie XXL - Game Changer for Christmas Tree Stands
There are a few things in my world that I geek out about: Disney World. Pizza. And Christmas. I like everything about Christmas and even have a tub of shirts that we drag out that contains *just* Christmas shirts. Part of one of our Christmas traditions is going down to the Tammen Treeberry Farm and cutting down a tree for our house. Here's a post from 2010 that talks about that trip . I also included the Tammen Treeberry Farm on my "favorite holiday things" list of 2010 and 2012 . This year, we cut down two trees for our #newoldfarmhouse - which is one more than we normally do. And that meant that we needed a second tree stand. I went to the Wirecutter - where they (of course) have a piece comparing various stands . They recommended the Krinner Tree Genie XXL . They bill it thusly : A unique design makes clamping a tree in the Krinner far easier than any kind of stand we’ve found. The Krinner grips the tree trunk with five claws that you tighten b